struz

See also: Struz, struż, and strúz

Middle High German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈs̠truːs/

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
    Descendants
    • Central Franconian:
    • German: Strauß
    • Yiddish: שטרויס (shtroys)
    • Czech: pštros
    • Slovak: pštros

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    strūȥ m

    1. fight; argument
    Descendants

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    strūȥ m

    1. alternative form of strūch (shrub)
    Descendants

    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 strūzā, strūza
      accusative strūz strūzā, strūza
      genitive strūzes strūzo
      dative strūze strūzum
      instrumental strūzu

      Descendants

      References