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Rusch

Rusch proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Rusch (plural Rusches)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Rusch

pluralRusches

Origin of Rusch

* 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.

Questions about Rusch

What does Rusch mean?
Rusch means a surname.
What part of speech is Rusch?
Rusch is a proper noun.

Words near Rusch in the dictionary

  1. rusalky
  2. rusbank
  3. rusbanks
  4. Rusbridge
  5. ruscaceous
  6. Rusch
  7. Rusche
  8. Rusches
  9. ruscin
  10. Ruscinian
  11. ruscism

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