Nuss

See also: nuss and Nuß

Alemannic German

Etymology

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.

Noun

Nuss f

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

References

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

German

Alternative forms

• Nuß (superseded)

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nʊs/
• Rhymes: -ʊs

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Noun

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

1. nut

Usage notes

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.

Declension

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Nuss	die	Nüsse
genitive	einer	der	Nuss	der	Nüsse
dative	einer	der	Nuss	den	Nüssen
accusative	eine	die	Nuss	die	Nüsse

Declension of Nuss [feminine]

Hyponyms

• Arekanuss
• Baumnuss
• Behennuss
• Bennuss
• Betelnuss
• Brechnuss
• Cashewnuss
• Erdnuss
• Flügelnuss
• Haselnuss
• Kaschunuss
• Kokosnuss
• Kolanuss
• Lambertsnuss
• Macadamianuss
• Maledivennuss
• Muskatnuss
• Paradiesnuss
• Paranuss
• Pekannuss
• Pfeffernuss
• Pimpernuss
• Pistaziennuss
• Schwarznuss (“black walnut”)
• Seychellennuss
• Walnuss
• Zaubernuss
• Zirbelnuss

Derived terms

• Nüsschen
• nussig, nussartig, nussförmig

Related terms

• 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

Further reading

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

Hunsrik

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nus/
• Rhymes: -us

Noun

Nuss f (plural Niss, diminutive Nissje)

1. nut

Derived terms

• Nussbaam

Further reading

• Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Nuss”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 119

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

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

Noun

Nuss f (plural Niss)

1. nut