rieseln

  1. (intransitive, weak) to sprinkle
  2. (intransitive, weak) to trickle
  3. (intransitive, weak) to rustle, to babble (make a sound like softly flowing water)

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

riisele

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʁiːzl̩n/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German riselen, from an iterative form of Old High German rīsan (“to fall”), related to Reise (“trip, journey”) and equivalent to Middle High German risen + -eln.

by ones and twos

be washed away

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