Reis

See also: reis, reís, rèis, and réis

German

Etymology 1

From Middle High German rīs, borrowed from Late Latin rīsum or rīsus, from Latin orīza, borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄρῡζα (órūza) (Greek όρυζα (óryza)). See also English rice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁaɪ̯s/
• Rhymes: -aɪ̯s

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Noun

Reis m (strong, genitive Reises, plural Reise)

1. rice

Declension

Declension of Reis [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Reis	die	Reise
genitive	eines	des	Reises	der	Reise
dative	einem	dem	Reis, Reise1	den	Reisen
accusative	einen	den	Reis	die	Reise

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Arvorioreis
• Basmatireis
• Cargoreis
• Langkornreis
• Milchreis
• Naturreis
• Patnareis
• Perlreis
• Puffreis
• Reisbau
• Reisbauer
• Reisernte
• Reisfeld
• Reisgericht
• Reisimport
• Reiskorn
• Reismehl
• Reispflanze
• Reisproduktion
• Reisstärke
• Reisstärling
• Wildreis

 

Etymology 2

From Middle High German rīs, from Old High German rīs, hrīs, from Proto-Germanic *hrīsą. Cognate with Dutch rijs, English rise, rice. More at rice (Etymology 2).

Pronunciation

• Like etymology 1 above.

Noun

Reis n (strong, genitive Reises, plural Reiser)

1. (higher register) shoot (of a plant), little twig

   Synonyms: Spross, Trieb, Zweig

Declension

Declension of Reis [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Reis	die	Reiser
genitive	eines	des	Reises	der	Reiser
dative	einem	dem	Reis, Reise1	den	Reisern
accusative	ein	das	Reis	die	Reiser

¹Now rare, see notes.

Related terms

• Reisig

Etymology 3

See the lemma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛɪ̯s/
• Rhymes: -ɛɪ̯s

Noun

Reis

1. (rare) plural of Real (“Brazilian and former Portuguese currency”)

References

Further reading

• “Reis (Erfinder)” in Duden online
• “Reis (Pflanze, Korn)” in Duden online
• “Reis (Real, Münze)” in Duden online
• “Reis (Spross, Zweig)” in Duden online
• “Reis” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Reis” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• Reis on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Reis”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

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Hunsrik

Etymology 1

From Middle High German rīs, borrowed from Late Latin rīsum or rīsus, from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα (óruza).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raɪ̯s/

Noun

Reis m

1. rice

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German reise, from Old Saxon *reisa, from Proto-West Germanic *raisu.

Noun

Reis f (plural Reisen)

1. journey, trip

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁejs/ [ˈheɪ̯s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁejs/ [ˈheɪ̯s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁejʃ/ [ˈχeɪ̯ʃ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɐjʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɐjʃ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁejʃ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁejʃ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁeʃ/

• Hyphenation: Reis

Proper noun

Reis

1. a surname