Meanings
plural Reusses
- countableuncountableA surname from German.
1 more example
Germany last year said it had foiled an attempt by another far-right group – the Reichsbuerger movement - to plot accused of plotting an attack on Germany’s parliament building, allegedly to overthrow its constitutional order and install the group’s central figure – aristocrat Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss – as leader.
2023 May 24, Nadine Schmidt and Sophie Tanno, “Germany intensifies scrutiny of far-right AfD, labeling its youth wing ‘extremist’”, in CNN
Origin
- Middle High German(alt)riusse
- EnglishReuss
German surname for a cobbler, from the obsolete Middle High German (alt)riusse. Also from the noun Russe (“Russian”). For the river see Reuss below.
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Chinese Mandarin 羅伊斯河 /罗伊斯河
- 羅伊斯河 /罗伊斯河 (Luóyīsī Hé)river
German Reuss
- Reussriver
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Cite this entry
Reuss. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Reuss
“Reuss.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Reuss. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Reuss,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Reuss.
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