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die Ruhr

A2 Noun frequency rank #4,293

What Ruhr means

Noun

  1. dysentery

Forms

die Ruhr · die Ruhren

Plural: Ruhren

Pronunciation

Ruhr in a sentence

Auf der langen Schiffsreise erkrankten viele Passagiere an der Ruhr.

On the long sea voyage many passengers fell ill with dysentery.

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Ruhr is A2 German — still elementary vocabulary, ranked #4,293 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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