Masculine
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rug

Sentences
Meaning

  1. (masculine) back, backside
  2. (masculine) ridge
  3. (Netherlands, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, historical, masculine) ellipsis of rooie rug (“thousand-guilders banknote”)

Frequency

A2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/rʏx/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch rugge, from Old Dutch ruggi, from Proto-West Germanic *hrugi, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz.

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