# Reuss

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #62,453

## Definitions
1. A river in Switzerland, spanning from its source in Uri to its mouth in Aargau.
2. A surname from German.

## Etymology
German surname for a cobbler, from the obsolete Middle High German (alt)riusse. Also from the noun Russe (“Russian”).
For the river see Reuss below.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/reuss