Nuss
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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
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.
Alternative forms
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
Noun
Nuss f (genitive Nuss, plural Nüsse, diminutive Nüsschen n or Nüsslein n)
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
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
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
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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
Noun
Nuss f (plural Niss, diminutive Nissje)
Derived terms
- Nussbaam
Further reading
- Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Nuss”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 119
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)
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