Rhenish

[ ren-ish ]

adjective

1. of the river Rhine or the regions bordering on it.

noun

1. British. Rhine wine.

Rhenish

/ ˈriː-; ˈrɛnɪʃ /

adjective

1. of or relating to the River Rhine or the lands adjacent to it, esp the Rhineland-Palatinate

noun

1. another word for hock 2

Other Words From

• trans-Rhenish adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Rhenish¹

1325–75; < Latin Rhēn ( us ) Rhine + -ish ¹; replacing Middle English Rhinisch < Old High German

Example Sentences

Stiff at first in the Montgomery, he gradually relaxed into more organic gestures in the Barber and Schumann’s “Rhenish” Symphony.

From New York Times

In these concerts you can hear Schumann’s “Rhenish” Symphony made liltingly fresh and a livelier account of Stravinsky’s Symphony in Three Movements than was heard in San Francisco.

From Los Angeles Times

“Supper, sir? Cold beef and the best bread in the county? A jug of ale or some Rhenish wine?”

From Literature

Thursday’s program included a revelatory performance of Rachmaninoff’s Fourth Piano Concerto with the outstanding Russian soloist Daniil Trifonov and a magisterial account of Schumann’s “Rhenish” Symphony.

From Los Angeles Times

RWE is Germany’s largest operator of coal-fired power plants and employs about 10,000 staff in the Rhenish coal mining area, which also includes power plants.

From Reuters