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”).

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʁɔʏ̯zə]

• Audio:

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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

Further reading

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