Riss

• IPA^(key): /ʁɪs/
• Rhymes: -ɪs

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From Middle High German riss, from Old High German riz, from Proto-Germanic *writiz.

• Riß (superseded)

Riss m (strong, genitive Risses, plural Risse, diminutive Risschen n or Risslein n or Rissel n)

1. fissure, crack
2. rift, split, tear
3. (hunting) prey killed by a predatory animal

   Der Leopard brachte seinen Riss in Sicherheit.

   The leopard brought his kill to a safe place.

• The spelling Riss 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. In the affected areas, the previous spelling (Riß) is now less common, and may be regarded as a misspelling.

• → Polish: rysa, ryspa (Chełmno-Dobrzyń)
  • → Belarusian: рыса (rysa)
  • → Ukrainian: риса (rysa)

• “Riss” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Riss” in Duden online
• “Riss” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Riss” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Riss

1. a surname

From Middle High German riss, from Old High German riz, from Proto-Germanic *writiz.

• IPA^(key): /ris/

Riss m (plural Riss, diminutive Rissje)

1. crack, fissure

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary