Riese

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See also: riese

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German rise, from Old High German riso, risi, from Proto-West Germanic *risi (“giant”). Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål rise (“mountain troll”) and Dutch reus (“giant”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈʁiːzə/
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Rhymes: -iːzə

Noun[edit]

Riese m (weak, genitive Riesen, plural Riesen, feminine Riesin)

giant

Declension[edit]

Declension of Riese [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Riese	die	Riesen
genitive	eines	des	Riesen	der	Riesen
dative	einem	dem	Riesen	den	Riesen
accusative	einen	den	Riesen	die	Riesen

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

“Riese” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Riese” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Riese” in Duden online
Riese on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Riese”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Pennsylvania German[edit]

Noun[edit]

Riese

plural of Ries

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