Riese

From Middle High German rise, from Old High German riso, risi, from Proto-West Germanic *risi (“giant”). Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål rise (“mountain troll”) and Dutch reus (“giant”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁiːzə/

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• Rhymes: -iːzə

Riese m (weak, genitive Riesen, plural Riesen, feminine Riesin)

1. giant

• riesen-
• riesenhaft
• riesig
• Scheinriese
• Sitzriese

• “Riese” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Riese” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Riese” in Duden online
• Riese on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Riese”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Riese

1. plural of Ries