Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rusch

/ɹˈʌʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English

Syllables: rusch
IPA: /ɹˈʌʃ/

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Etymology

* As a German surname, from Middle Low German rusch (“rushes, reeds”), from Old Saxon rusk, from Proto-West Germanic *ruskijā. Compare Ruesch. * Also as a German surname Rüsch, shortened from names derived from Old High German hrōd (“fame”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrōþi. * As a north/Low German surname, from Middle Low German rusch (“quick, hasty, rash”), compare *hurskaz. * Germanized from Lower Sorbian Roš, see Rosch. Compare Rush.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: -, rusch, rusk, *ruskijā, hrōd, *hrōþi

Inflected Forms

Rusches (plural)

Homonyms

rusche

Rhymes With

rush brush crush flush blush lush hush plush mush slush thrush gush

Questions

How do you pronounce rusch?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹˈʌʃ/.
What does rusch mean?: A surname.
Where does rusch come from?: It is traced to German.

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