Common German Words A to Z

German Verbage A to Z
German Words That Begin With "R"

German - English

Räbbe - rabies
Rabbiner - rabbi
Räcke - stiffness of the limbs
Racker - renderer
Rademacher, Radmacher - wheelwright
Radhauer - wheelwright
Rathaus - city hall
Ratsherr - alderman
Ratsmann - councilman; town councilor
Rechnung - account; bill
rechtgläubig - orthodox
Rechtsanwalt - lawyer
reformiert - reformed
Regierungsbezirk - administrative area (a political jurisdiction)
Register - register (a book or list)
Reich - empire; kingdom
Reifer - ropemaker; rope merchant
Reiter - rider; cavalryman
relicta - widow
relictus - widower
Religion - religion
ren. = renatus, renata - baptized, christened
Rentner - retired person
Rheuma - rheumatism
Richter - judge
Rodel - register
Röseler - whitewasher
Rössler - horseman; tanner
römisch katholisch - Roman Catholic
Röt measles; - bloody diarrhea
Rotgerber - red tanner
Ruhestand - retirement
Ruhr - dysentery
russisch - Russian
Rußland - Russia