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From Middle High German riss, from Old High German riz, from Proto-Germanic *writiz.

Riss m (strong, genitive Risses, plural Risse, diminutive Risschen n or Risslein n or Rissel n)

  1. fissure, crack
  2. rift, split, tear
  3. (hunting) prey killed by a predatory animal

    Der Leopard brachte seinen Riss in Sicherheit.

    The leopard brought his kill to a safe place.
  • The spelling Riss has been the prescribed spelling since the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform). In Switzerland and Liechtenstein, it had already been standard since ⟨ß⟩ was deprecated in the 1930s. In the affected areas, the previous spelling (Riß) is now less common, and may be regarded as a misspelling.

Riss

  1. a surname

From Middle High German riss, from Old High German riz, from Proto-Germanic *writiz.

Riss m (plural Riss, diminutive Rissje)

  1. crack, fissure