Nuss

From Middle High German and Old High German nuz, from Proto-West Germanic *hnut, from Proto-Germanic *hnuts. Cognate with German Nuss, Dutch noot, English nut, Icelandic hnut.

Nuss f

1. (Uri) nut (hard-shelled seed)

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.

• Nuß (superseded)

From Middle High German nuȥ, from Old High German nuz, from Proto-West Germanic *hnut, from Proto-Germanic *hnuts, from Proto-Indo-European *knew-. Compare Dutch noot, English nut, Danish nød, Swedish nöt.

• IPA^(key): /nʊs/
• Rhymes: -ʊs

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Nuss f (genitive Nuss, plural Nüsse, diminutive Nüsschen n or Nüsslein n)

1. nut

The spelling Nuss has been the prescribed spelling since the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform). In Switzerland and Liechtenstein, it had already been standard since ⟨ß⟩ was deprecated in the 1930s.

• Nüsschen
• nussig, nussartig, nussförmig

• harte Nuss (“tough nut to crack, tough cookie”)
• eine harte Nuss zu knacken haben
• hohle Nuss, Kopfnuss
• Nussbaum, Nussecke, Nussfrucht, Nussfüllung, Nusskern, Nussknacker, Nusskuchen, Nussmus, Nussmuschel, Nusspli, Nussriegel, Nussschale, Nussschinken, Nussschokolade, Nusstorte, Nusszange

• “Nuss” in Duden online
• “Nuss” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From Middle High German and Old High German nuz, from Proto-West Germanic *hnut, from Proto-Germanic *hnuts, from Proto-Indo-European *knew-.

• IPA^(key): /nus/

Nuss f (plural Niss, diminutive Nissje)

1. nut

• Nussbaam

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

From Middle High German and Old High German nuz. Cognate with German Nuss, Dutch noot, English nut, Icelandic hnut.

Nuss f (plural Niss)

1. nut