Ruhe
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ruhe (plural Ruhes)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Ruhe is the 26853rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 905 individuals. Ruhe is most common among White (93.26%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ruhe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
[edit]German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German ruo, ruowe, from Old High German ruowa (“peace, quiet, rest”), from Proto-West Germanic *rōu (“calm, rest”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Ruhe f (genitive Ruhe, no plural)
- calm, relative quietness (absence of loud sounds)
- calmness, serenity
- rest, repose
- 1718, Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, “Bist du bei mir”, in Diomedes:
- Bist du bei mir, geh ich mit Freuden zum Sterben und zu meiner Ruh.
- If you are with me, then I will go gladly unto [my] death and to my rest.
- 1844, Felix Mendelssohn, Hör' mein Bitten (with literal translation):
- O könnt' ich fliegen wie Tauben dahin,
weit hinweg vor dem Feinde zu fliehn!
In die Wüste eilt' ich dann fort,
fände Ruhe am schattigen Ort.- Oh, if I could fly off like the doves,
flee far away from the foe!
Into the wilderness I would then hasten,
and find repose in a shadowy place.
- Oh, if I could fly off like the doves,
Declension
[edit]Declension of Ruhe [sg-only, feminine]
Derived terms
[edit]- die Ruhe selbst sein
- die Ruhe weghaben
- ruhig
- Nachtruhe
- Ruhestörung
- Ruhe vor dem Sturm
- Ruhestand
- in Ruhe lassen (“to leave alone”)
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Ruhe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Ruhe” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Ruhe” in Duden online
- Ruhe on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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