Prussian

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English Prussia

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Latin -nus

Latin -ānus

Old French -ainder.

Middle English -an

English -an

English Prussian

From Prussia + -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹʌ.ʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ʌʃən

Adjective

Prussian (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Prussia.

Derived terms

• Franco-Prussian
• Prussian blue
• Prussian carp
• Prussian collar
• Prussian green
• Prussianise
• Prussianism
• Prussianization
• Prussianize
• Prussianly
• Prussianness
• Prussian ton
• Prussian white

Translations

of Prussia

• Bulgarian: пруски (pruski), прусашки (prusaški)
• Catalan: prussià
• Czech: pruský (cs)
• Danish: preussisk, prøjsisk
• Dutch: Pruisisch (nl)
• Finnish: preussilainen (fi)
• French: prussien (fr)
• Friulian: prussian
• Galician: prusiano (gl)
• German: preußisch (de)
• Greek: πρωσικός (el) (prosikós)
• Hungarian: porosz (hu)
• Icelandic: prússneskur
• Irish: Prúiseach
• Italian: prussiano (it)
• Latin: prussicus
• Macedonian: пруски (pruski)
• Marathi: प्रशियन (praśiyan)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: prøyssisk

  Nynorsk: prøyssisk

• Old Prussian: Prūsiskan (adjective form)
• Pannonian Rusyn: пруски (pruski)
• Polish: pruski (pl)
• Portuguese: prussiano (pt)
• Russian: пру́сский (ru) (prússkij)
• Scots: Proushian
• Spanish: prusiano (es)
• Swedish: preussisk (sv)

Proper noun

Prussian

1. The Prussian language; see Old Prussian and New Prussian.

Derived terms

• High Prussian

Translations

language — see also Old Prussian

• Catalan: prussià m
• Estonian: preisi keel
• Finnish: preussi (fi), preussin kieli
• French: prussien (fr) m
• Galician: prusiano (gl) m
• German: Prußisch (de) n
• Hungarian: porosz (hu)
• Icelandic: prússneska f
• Italian: prussiano (it) m
• Latvian: prūšu valoda
• Lithuanian: prūsų kalba f
• Marathi: प्रशियन f (praśiyan)
• Polish: pruski (pl) m
• Portuguese: prussiano (pt) m
• Russian: пру́сский (язык) m (prússkij (jazyk))
• Scots: Proushian
• Spanish: prusiano (es) m
• Swedish: prusiska (sv), preussiska (sv)

Noun

Prussian (plural Prussians)

1. A native or inhabitant of the geographical region of Prussia.
2. (historical) A citizen of the German state of Prussia.
3. A member of or a person descended from the Baltic ethnic group which inhabited Prussia.
4. A member of or a person descended from the German ethnic group which settled in Prussia.

   The Junkers were the stereotypical Prussians.

Translations

native or inhabitant of the geographical region of Prussia

• Bulgarian: прусак m (prusak)
• Catalan: prussià m
• Esperanto: pruso (man or woman), prusino (woman)
• Finnish: preussilainen (fi)
• French: Prussien (fr) m, Prussienne (fr) f
• Galician: prusiano (gl) m
• German: Preuße (de) m, Preußin (de) f
• Greek: Πρώσος (el) m (Prósos), Πρωσίδα (el) f (Prosída)
• Hungarian: porosz (hu)
• Irish: Prúiseach m
• Italian: prussiano (it) m, prussiana f
• Portuguese: prussiano (pt) m, prussiana f
• Russian: прусса́к (ru) m (prussák), прусса́чка (ru) f (prussáčka), пруса́к (ru) m (prusák), пруса́чка f (prusáčka)
• Spanish: prusiano (es) m, prusiana (es) f
• Swedish: preussare (sv) c
• Vilamovian: projser

citizen of German state of Prussia

• Esperanto: pruso
• Finnish: preussilainen (fi)
• German: Preuße (de) m, Preußin (de) f, Borusse (de) m
• Hungarian: porosz (hu)
• Irish: Prúiseach m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: prøysser m

  Nynorsk: prøyssar m

• Russian: прусса́к (ru) m (prussák), прусса́чка (ru) f (prussáčka), пруса́к (ru) m (prusák), пруса́чка f (prusáčka)

member of or person descended from the Baltic ethnic group which inhabited Prussia

• Finnish: preussilainen (fi)
• German: Pruße (de)
• Hungarian: óporosz
• Russian: прусса́к (ru) m (prussák), прусса́чка (ru) f (prussáčka), пруса́к (ru) m (prusák), пруса́чка f (prusáčka)

member of or person descended from the German ethnic group which settled in Prussia

• Finnish: preussilainen (fi)
• German: Preuße (de)
• Russian: прусса́к (ru) m (prussák), прусса́чка (ru) f (prussáčka), пруса́к (ru) m (prusák), пруса́чка f (prusáčka)