russ

See also: Russ, ruß, Ruß, and Russ.

Norwegian Nynorsk

russ (raudruss)

Etymology 1

Probably from Latin dēpositūrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rʉs/

Noun

russ m (plural russen)

1. last-semester high school student (or student at an institution of a similar education level), particularly one that takes part in associated celebrations and activities (often including heavily consuming alcohol)

Derived terms

• blåruss
• grønruss
• raudruss
• rosaruss
• russebuss
• russedress
• russefeiring
• russehue, russehuve
• russeknute
• russelue, russeluve
• russetid
• russetog
• russetreff
• svartruss

Etymology 2

From Slavic languages. Cf. German Russe.

Noun

russ m (definite singular russen, indefinite plural russar, definite plural russane)

1. a Russian
2. (collective) the Russian people

Synonyms

• russar

Derived terms

• russehandel
• russenorsk

References

• “russ” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Swedish

Gotland Pony (gotlandsruss in Swedish)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hrussą, (compare Icelandic hross, English horse, Old English hors, West Frisian hoars, Dutch ros, German Ross (“steed”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós (compare Welsh car (“wagon”), Latin currus (“chariot”)), from *ḱers- (“to run”) (compare English hurry). Doublet of kärra.

Noun

russ n

1. a horse (equine mammal)

Usage notes

• The word is still somewhat used in modern Swedish in two dialects, Gotlandic and the dialect of Bohuslän.

Descendants

• Swedish: russ

References

• russ in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Swedish

Gotland ponies

Etymology

From Old Swedish russ, from Old Norse hross, from Proto-Germanic *hrussą, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers-. Doublet of horse and kärra; related to karriär.

Noun

russ n

1. (dialect) a horse
2. a horse of the race Gotland pony / gotlandsruss

Declension

Declension of russ

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	russ	russ
	definite	russet	russets
plural	indefinite	russ	russ
	definite	russen	russens

Synonyms

• gotlandsruss
• skogsbagge

Related terms

• russavel
• russfängsel
• russföl
• russhingst
• russhäst
• russras
• russto
• russtuteri

References

• “russ”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “russ”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• russ in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)