Masculine
Meaning
- (masculine) back, backside
- (masculine) ridge
- (Netherlands, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, historical, masculine) ellipsis of rooie rug (“thousand-guilders banknote”)
Concepts
mountainridge
mountain ridge
Synonyms
Translations
Frequency
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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