rußen
German, verb
rußen is spelled R-U-SS-E-N (5 letters). Rußen is a German verb meaning “to smoke” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Rußen is a different word: “dative plural of Ruß”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “unter starker Rauchentwicklung verbrennen”.
What does rußen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to smoke
- 2
to produce soot
- 3
to sooty
noun
- 1
dative plural of Ruß
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. unter starker Rauchentwicklung verbrennen 2. etwas mit Ruß schwärzen, verfärben
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of rußen
- rußt present singular third-person
- rußte past
- gerußt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- rußend participle present
- ruße first-person indicative present
- rußest second-person singular subjunctive
- rußet plural second-person subjunctive
- rußten first-person indicative plural
- rußtest indicative preterite second-person
- rußtet indicative plural preterite
- ruß imperative second-person singular
- habe gerußt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gerußt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- russen alternative Switzerland Liechtenstein
- ruß! imperative singular
- ruße! imperative singular
- rußt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).