struz

See also: Struz, struż, and strúz

Middle High German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈs̠truːs̄/

Etymology 1

From Old High German strūz, from Proto-West Germanic *strūcijō, borrowed from Late Latin strūthiō, borrowed from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn), from στρουθός (strouthós) + -ίων (-íōn).

Alternative forms

• strouȥ

Noun

strūȥ m

1. ostrich

Declension

Declension of strūȥ (masculine, class 1 strong)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	dër	strūȥ	die	strūȥe
genitive	eines	dës	strūȥes	dër	strūȥe
dative	eime	dëm	strūȥe	dën	strūȥen
accusative	einen	dën	strūȥ	die	strūȥe

Declension of struz (masculine, weak)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	dër	struz	die	strūȥen
genitive	eines	dës	strūȥen	dër	strūȥen
dative	eime	dëm	strūȥen	dën	strūȥen
accusative	einen	dën	strūȥen	die	strūȥen

Descendants

• Central Franconian:
  • Hunsrik: Straus
  • Luxembourgish: Strauss
• German: Strauß
• Yiddish: שטרויס (shtroys)
• → Czech: pštros
• → Slovak: pštros

Etymology 2

Noun

strūȥ m

1. fight; argument

Descendants

• German: Strauß

Etymology 3

Noun

strūȥ m

1. Alternative form of strūch (“shrub”)

Descendants

• German: Strauß

References

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “STRÛƷ”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
• "strūz" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

Old High German

Alternative forms

• *strūzo

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *strūcijō, borrowed from Late Latin strūthiō, borrowed from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn), from στρουθός (strouthós) + -ίων (-íōn).

Noun

strūz m

1. ostrich

Declension

Declension of strūz (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	strūz	strūza
accusative	strūz	strūza
genitive	strūzes	strūzo
dative	strūze	strūzum
instrumental	strūzu	—

Descendants

• Middle High German: strūz, strouȥ
  • Central Franconian:
    • Hunsrik: Straus
    • Luxembourgish: Strauss
  • German: Strauß
  • Yiddish: שטרויס (shtroys)
  • → Czech: pštros
  • → Slovak: pštros

References

• "strūz" in Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch (6th edition 2014)