# Rusch

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
* As a German surname, from Middle Low German rusch (“rushes, reeds”), from Old Saxon rusk, from Proto-West Germanic *ruskijā. Compare Ruesch.
* Also as a German surname Rüsch, shortened from names derived from Old High German hrōd (“fame”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrōþi.
* As a north/Low German surname, from Middle Low German rusch (“quick, hasty, rash”), compare *hurskaz.
* Germanized from Lower Sorbian Roš, see Rosch.
Compare Rush.

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