kruus

• kruusch (western variant)
• kraus, krous (northern Moselle Franconian, other dialects lack the word)

From Middle High German krūs, from Proto-West Germanic *krūs, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kruzlǭ (“bent or crooked object, curl”), of unknown origin; possibly from Pre-Germanic *grus-, contracted from Proto-Indo-European *gurus- (“twist, curl”), same source as Persian گرس (gors, “braid of hair”).[1] Cognate with German kraus, Dutch kroes.

• IPA^(key): /kʀuːs/

kruus (masculine kruuse, feminine and plural kruus or kruuse, comparative kruuser, superlative et kruuste)

1. (Ripuarian) frizzy (of hair), wrinkled (of the forehead, nose, lips)
   • 1910, “Et Stina muss ’ne Mann han”, Willi Ostermann (lyrics), Emil Palm (music)‎performed by Bläck Fööss, published 1985:

     Em Stadtwald, em Zoolonische, em Nommedaachskunzäät:
     Die drei dann do ze setze sinn, dat es der Möhde wäät!
     Dä Aal, dä deit de Muul nit op, sei trick de Leppe kruus,
     Un wie e Hohn, dat hallev jeplöck, su süht dat Stina us.

     In the urban woods, at the zoo, the afternoon concert,
     You'll find the three of them sitting there and it's a sight worth seeing!
     The old man won't open his mouth, [his wife] wrinkles her lips,
     While Stina looks like a half-plucked chicken.

From Middle Low German grūs.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkruːs/, [ˈkruːs]
• Rhymes: -uːs
• Hyphenation: kruus

kruus (genitive kruusa, partitive kruusa)

1. gravel

From Middle Low German krūs.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkruːs(ʲ)/, [ˈkruːs(ʲ)]
• Rhymes: -uːsʲ, -uːs
• Hyphenation: kruus

kruus (genitive kruusi, partitive kruusi)

1. mug, cup