Reuse

See also: reuse, reusé, and re-use

German

Etymology

From Middle High German riuse, from Old High German rūsa, riusa (10th century), of uncertain origin; perhaps the s represents grammatischer Wechsel of r and the word is a jōn- stem from the root of Rohr (“reed”).[1]

Cognate with Swedish ryssja, Danish ruse, Norwegian Bokmål ruse.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʁɔʏ̯zə]
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  • Rhymes: -ɔɪ̯zə

Noun

Reuse f (genitive Reuse, plural Reusen)

  1. fish trap

Declension
Declension of Reuse [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Reuse die Reusen
genitive einer der Reuse der Reusen
dative einer der Reuse den Reusen
accusative eine die Reuse die Reusen

Derived terms
  • Reusenfischer

References
  1. Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Reuse”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading
  • “Reuse” in Duden online
  • “Reuse” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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