Noun: ruse
Gender: Masculine, Feminine
Hyphenation:
Sample Sentences
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[en fisker] bøder sin ruse paa berget (A fisherman mends his fish trap on the rock.) [1908, Nils Kjær, Smaa Epistler:]
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rysjua ut for støa skjelver og rører sig av fisk (The fish trap off the landing place trembles and moves with fish.) [1929, Carl Vestaberg, Rev, page 7:]
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hvor mangen lækker tankelax der randt sig fast i versets fule ruser (How many a fine thought-salmon became caught in the foul traps of verse.) [1862, Henrik Ibsen, Kærlighedens Komedie:]
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nu har jeg dem i min ruse! (Now I have them in my trap!) [1915, Hans E. Kinck, Mot karneval, page 143:]
Nouns inflected like ruse
krokodille,
snuppe,
flytebrygge,
smekke,
slynge,
slette,
skøyte,
sløyfe,
brennesle,
skuffe,
skråme,
skrøne,
skisse,
skinke,
skinne,
skjære,
skorpe,
diamantgruve,
revebjelle,
øygruppe, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Borrowed from Middle Low German ruse (“fish trap”), of uncertain ultimate origin. It may be related to rør (“reed, pipe”); a Celtic origin has also been proposed.
2. Compare Danish ruse, Swedish ryssja and German Reuse (“fish trap”). See: Danish Nouns '
ruse', Swedish Nouns '
ryssja', German Nouns '
Reuse'.
Verbs referencing "ruse"
German Nouns
Reuse, Swedish Nouns
ryssja.
Translations
rev, to increase the speed of a motor