rüë

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rue"

Limburgish

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hrau, from Proto-Germanic *hrawaz. The umlaut is unusual (compare Luxembourgish réi). It might be that the inflected stem, which was originally *hraw-, was reformed locally to *hrōj- (elsewhere hrō-, hrōw-, hrāw-). Compare Limburgish rüh, another term that has the same umlaut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁyə̯/
• Rhymes: -yə̯

Adjective

rüë (masculine rüë, feminine rüë, comparative rüjjer, superlative rüëtste) (Eupen)

1. raw (uncooked)
2. unprocessed, crude, raw
3. (figuratively) unrefined, rude, brutal