Noun: roes
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
Sample Sentences
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bij den roes (hastily or unheedingly)
Nouns inflected like roes
godsbewijs,
sjmoes,
borrelglas,
provinciehuis,
vleermuis,
bootreis,
boothuis,
kleine barmsijs,
boelhuis,
schapenvlies,
bosmuis,
schildluis,
bejaardentehuis,
grachtenhuis,
maskergors,
kleine rietgans,
badhuis,
uurglas,
bakhuis,
schijthuis, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology uncertain. Earliest documentation with its current meaning from 1622. Van der Sijs claims it is a loanword from Low German, whereas De Vries claims it is related to Middle Dutch rūsen (causing commotion), from which also stems geroezemoes.
2. Compare also German Rausch. See: German Nouns '
Rausch'.
Verbs referencing "roes"
German Nouns
Rausch.
Translations