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ruisen.

to rustle (e.g. of leaves)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈrœy̯sə(n)/
  1. to rustle (e.g. of leaves)

    intransitive
    Wat ruist er door het struikgewas?
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch ruusschen, from Old Dutch *rūskon, from Proto-Germanic *rūskōną (“to rustle”), ultimately imitative. Cognate with German rauschen, Middle Low German rûschen, English rush. The now obsolete sense “to make noise” was due to confluence with unrelated druisen (whose unexpected -s- instead of -z- is due to the same reason).

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