Ruß

See also: russ, Russ, ruß, and Russ.

German

Alternative forms

Russ (Switzerland)

Etymology

From Middle High German ruoz, rūz, from Old High German ruoz, hruoz, from Proto-Germanic *hrōtaz (“soot”), from Proto-Indo-European *kreH(u)d-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʁuːs]
Rhymes: -uːs

Noun

Ruß m (genitive Rußes, plural Ruße)

soot

Usage notes

The spelling Ruß was deprecated in 1938 in Swiss German when Swiss elementary schools stopped teaching the use of the ß.

Declension

Declension of Ruß

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ruß	die	Ruße
genitive	eines	des	Rußes	der	Ruße
dative	einem	dem	Ruß, Ruße¹	den	Rußen
accusative	einen	den	Ruß	die	Ruße

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Derived terms

Further reading

Ruß in Duden online

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