Spliss

German

Etymology

20th century, from Low German Spliss, Spließ, from the nautical verb splissen (“to splice; to fray the ends of ropes and tie them together”). The latter is cognate with Dutch splitsen (“to split”, older also splissen) and related with Proto-Germanic *splītaną, whence regional German spleißen (also used in the nautical sense above), Dutch splijten, English split.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃplɪs/

Noun

Spliss m (strong, genitive Splisses, no plural)

1. split ends; hair breakage

Declension

Declension of Spliss [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Spliss
genitive	eines	des	Splisses
dative	einem	dem	Spliss, Splisse1
accusative	einen	den	Spliss

¹Now rare, see notes.

Related terms

• spleißen
• Splitt, Splitter, splitten