Rußland

See also: Russland and Rússland

German

Proper noun

Rußland n (genitive Rußlands)

  1. Formerly standard spelling of Russland which was deprecated in the spelling reform (Rechtschreibreform) of 1996.

Usage notes

  • (in Switzerland) The spelling Rußland was deprecated in 1938 in Swiss German when Swiss elementary schools stopped teaching the use of the ß.
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