Riese

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German rise, from Old High German riso, risi, from Proto-West Germanic *risi (“giant”). Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål rise (“mountain troll”) and Dutch reus (“giant”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʁiːzə/ Rhymes: -iːzə === Noun === Riese m (weak, genitive Riesen, plural Riesen, feminine Riesin) giant Synonym: Turse ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== riesen- riesenhaft riesig Scheinriese Sitzriese === Further reading === “Riese”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) “Riese” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Riese” in Duden online Riese on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Riese”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891 == Pennsylvania German == === Noun === Riese plural of Ries