Reuss

English

The Reuss as seen in Lucerne.

Etymology

German surname for a cobbler, from the obsolete Middle High German (alt)riusse. Also from the noun Russe (“Russian”).

For the river see Reuss below.

Proper noun

Reuss (countable and uncountable, plural Reusses)

1. A river in Switzerland, spanning from its source in Uri to its mouth in Aargau.
2. A surname from German.

Translations

river

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羅伊斯河／罗伊斯河 (Luóyīsī Hé)

• German: Reuss (de) f

  Alemannic German: Rüüss f

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Reuss is the 20309^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1309 individuals. Reuss is most common among White (96.18%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Reuss”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

German

Etymology

From an earlier form Rusa, first attested in 1296.

Ptolemy recorded the river's Pre-Germanic name as Silana, which is reflected in the name Silenen. The Germanic name for the river is attested as Rusa or Rusia from the 9th century, and was occasionally recorded as Ursa in the Early Modern period (compare Urseren). This name likely derives from the early Germanic *Rūsi or the oblique form *Rūsjō-.

Greule (1982) interprets the name as an Old European hydronym, closely related to Riß. Given Ptolemy’s record of the pre-Germanic name Silana, it is possible that only part of the river was known as Rūsi in antiquity. Alternatively, Rūsi may have been introduced as a Germanic name during the early medieval period, potentially derived from Old High German rūsa, riusa (“fish trap”) (see the modern Reuse).

More at Reuss.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔɪ̯s/

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• Hyphenation: Reuss

Proper noun

Reuss f (proper noun, genitive Reuss)

1. Reuss

Declension

Declension of Reuss [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Reuss
genitive	einer	der	Reuss
dative	einer	der	Reuss
accusative	eine	die	Reuss

References

• ^ Reichert (1968): "zur Zeit des P. hatte für die Reuß noch ihr vorgerm. Name, Silana, gegolten (1, 240ff.; 2, 145ff.)."
• ^ 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.

Further reading

• Reuss on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• Reuss (Fluss) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Reuss” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Reuss” in Duden online
• “Reuss” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon