Meanings
comparative more Rhenish · superlative most Rhenish · alternative Rhinish · alternative Rheinish · alternative obsolete Renish · alternative obsolete Rennish
- Pertaining to wine produced in the Rhine region.First known use 14th c.
He tooke his rouſe with ſtopes of Rhenniſh wine / So kindly yeſternight to Bruno's health, / That all this day the ſluggard kéepes his bed.
1589–1592 (date written), Ch[ristopher] Mar[lowe], The Tragicall Historie of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus. […], London: […] Iohn Wright, […], published 1616 (1631 reprint), →OCLC, signature E2, verso - Pertaining to the Rhine river or region.First known use 15th c.
alternative Rhinish · alternative Rheinish · alternative obsolete Renish · alternative obsolete Rennish
- uncountableA wine from the area around the Rhine.
He insists on drinking Rhenish from a stein!
1 more example
A peſtilence on him for a madde rogue, a pourd a flagon of Reniſh on my head once; […]
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i] - uncountableThe linguistic varieties spoken in the Rhineland, a continuum between traditional dialects and regional forms of Standard German.
Synonyms: Rhinelandic
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe linguistic varieties spoken in the Rhineland, a continuum between traditional dialects and regional forms of Standard German.
region-related
More synonyms by meaning
nounany of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (‘hock’ is British usage)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From Rhine + -ish (with the first element taking a Latinate form; see Rhēnus).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian рейнски
- рейнски (rejnski)pertaining to the river Rhine
Catalan renà
- renàpertaining to the river Rhine
French rhénan
- rhénanpertaining to the river Rhine
German rheinisch, Rheinisch
- rheinischpertaining to the river Rhine
- Rheinischregional form of High German
Hungarian rajnai
- rajnaipertaining to the river Rhine
Irish Réineach
- Réineachpertaining to the river Rhine
Italian renano
- renanopertaining to the river Rhine
Portuguese renano, renano
- renanopertaining to the river Rhine
- renanoregional form of High German
Russian рейнский
- рейнский (rejnskij)pertaining to the river Rhine
Spanish renano
- renanopertaining to the river Rhine
Welsh Rheinaidd
- Rheinaiddpertaining to the river Rhine
Cite this entry
Rhenish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rhenish
“Rhenish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rhenish. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Rhenish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rhenish.
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