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rijs.

a young twig or branch

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/rɛi̯s/[rɛːs]Belgium[rɛ̞i̯s]Netherlands[rɛ̞ɪ̯s]Netherlands
  1. a young twig or branch

    archaic · dialectal · neuter
  2. a bundle of twigs; a faggot

    archaic · dialectal · neuter
  3. any bush, tree or plant

    neuter · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch rijs, from Old Dutch rīs, from Proto-West Germanic *hrīs, from Proto-Germanic *hrīsą. Cognate with German Reis “twig”, Old Norse hrís, Dansish, Norwegian and Swedish ris.

noun/rɛi̯s/[rɛːs]Belgium[rɛ̞i̯s]Netherlands[rɛ̞ɪ̯s]Netherlands
  1. prove (process of dough proofing)

    common-gender · no-diminutive
Where this word comes from

Deverbal from rijzen.

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