Nuss
Alemannic German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German and Old High German nuz, from Proto-West Germanic *hnut, from Proto-Germanic *hnuts. Cognate with German Nuss, Dutch noot, English nut, Icelandic hnut.
Noun edit
Nuss f
References edit
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.
German edit
Alternative forms edit
- Nuß (superseded)
Etymology edit
From Middle High German nuȥ, from Old High German nuz, from Proto-West Germanic *hnut, from Proto-Germanic *hnuts, from Proto-Indo-European *knew-. Compare Dutch noot, English nut, Danish nød, Swedish nöt.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Nuss f (genitive Nuss, plural Nüsse, diminutive Nüsschen n or Nüsslein n)
Usage notes edit
The spelling Nuss has been the prescribed spelling since the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform). In Switzerland and Liechtenstein, it had already been standard since ⟨ß⟩ was deprecated in the 1930s.
Declension edit
Hyponyms edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- harte Nuss (“tough nut to crack, tough cookie”)
- eine harte Nuss zu knacken haben
- hohle Nuss, Kopfnuss
- Nussbaum, Nussecke, Nussfrucht, Nussfüllung, Nusskern, Nussknacker, Nusskuchen, Nussmus, Nussmuschel, Nusspli, Nussriegel, Nussschale, Nussschinken, Nussschokolade, Nusstorte, Nusszange
Further reading edit
Hunsrik edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German and Old High German nuz, from Proto-West Germanic *hnut, from Proto-Germanic *hnuts, from Proto-Indo-European *knew-.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Nuss f (plural Niss, diminutive Nissje)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German and Old High German nuz. Cognate with German Nuss, Dutch noot, English nut, Icelandic hnut.
Noun edit
Nuss f (plural Niss)