prussian
/ˈpɹʌ.ʃən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, from, or pertaining to Prussia.
name
The Prussian language; see Old Prussian (an extinct West Baltic language) and New Prussian (the modern reconstruction of the Old Prussian language, spoken by pilot communities in Lithuania, Poland, and elsewhere).
name
Short for High Prussian (a moribund dialect of East Central German)
name
Short for Low Prussian (a moribund dialect of East Low German)
noun
A native or inhabitant of the geographical region of Prussia.
noun
A member of or a person descended from the German ethnic group which settled in Prussia.
Example Sentences
- "Young Hegelianism was the philosophical expression of the republican, bourgeois-democratic opposition which criticized the feudal order of the Prussian state and turned its eyes hopefully towards France."
- "The Junkers were the stereotypical Prussians."
Etymology
Etymology tree English Prussia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Prussian From Prussia + -an.