struz

See also: Struz, struż, strúz, and Struž

Middle High German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈs̠truːs/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old High German strūȥ.

Alternative forms

• strouȥ (late)

Noun

strūȥ m

1. ostrich

Declension

Declension of strūȥ (strong masculine without umlaut)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	dër	strūȥ	die	strūȥe
genitive	eines	dës	strūȥes	dër	strūȥe
dative	eime	dëm	strūȥe	dën	strūȥen
accusative	einen	dën	strūȥ	die	strūȥe

Declension of strūȥ (weak masculine)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	dër	strūȥ	die	strūȥen
genitive	eines	dës	strūȥen	dër	strūȥen
dative	eime	dëm	strūȥen	dën	strūȥen
accusative	einen	dën	strūȥen	die	strūȥen

Descendants

• Central Franconian:
  • Hunsrik: Straus
  • Luxembourgish: Strauss
• German: Strauß
• Yiddish: שטרויס (shtroys)
• → Czech: pštros
• → Slovak: pštros

Etymology 2

Compare dialectal English strout (“strut”).

Noun

strūȥ m

1. fight; argument

Descendants

• German: Strauß

Etymology 3

Noun

strūȥ m

1. alternative form of strūch (“shrub”)

Descendants

• German: Strauß

References

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “STRÛƷ”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
• Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “strūȥ”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), 3rd edition

Old High German

Alternative forms

• *strūȥo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *strūcijō.

Noun

strūȥ m

1. ostrich

Declension

Declension of strūȥ (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	strūȥ	strūȥā, strūȥa
accusative	strūȥ	strūȥā, strūȥa
genitive	strūȥes	strūȥo
dative	strūȥe	strūȥum
instrumental	strūȥu	—

Descendants

• Middle High German: strūȥ, strouȥ (late)
  • Central Franconian:
    • Hunsrik: Straus
    • Luxembourgish: Strauss
  • German: Strauß
  • Yiddish: שטרויס (shtroys)
  • → Czech: pštros
  • → Slovak: pštros

References

• Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “strūȥ”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[2] (in German), 6th edition