Riß
German
editEtymology 1
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editRiß m (strong, genitive Risses, plural Risse)
- Formerly standard spelling of Riss which was deprecated in the spelling reform (Rechtschreibreform) of 1996.
Declension
editDeclension of Riß [masculine, strong]
Etymology 2
editAlong with the river Reuss, Greule (1982) interprets the name as an Old European hydronym/pre-Indo-European substrate.
Proper noun
editdie Riß f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Riß)
- Riss (a small right tributary of the Danube in Baden-Württemberg, in southwestern Germany)
Declension
editDeclension of Riß [sg-only, feminine]
References
edit- ^ Greule, Albrecht, Riusiava, Riß und Reuß, Blätter für Oberdeutsche Namenforschung, 19 (1982). Albrecht Greule, Deutsches Gewässernamenbuch: Etymologie der Gewässernamen und der zugehörigen Gebiets-, Siedlungs- und Flurnamen, Walter de Gruyter (2014), 434f.
- ^ Greule, Albrecht, Riusiava, Riß und Reuß, Blätter für Oberdeutsche Namenforschung, 19 (1982). Albrecht Greule, Deutsches Gewässernamenbuch: Etymologie der Gewässernamen und der zugehörigen Gebiets-, Siedlungs- und Flurnamen, Walter de Gruyter (2014), 434f.
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