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German
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Noun
Riß m (strong, genitive Risses, plural Risse)
- Formerly standard spelling of Riss which was deprecated in the spelling reform (Rechtschreibreform) of 1996.
Declension
Etymology 2
Along with the river Reuss, Greule (1982) interprets the name as an Old European hydronym/pre-Indo-European substrate.
Proper noun
die 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
Declension of Riß
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References
- ^ 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.