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"expansion": "Old Saxon rasta",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*rastu"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *rastu",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "* As a Swiss German surname, from Middle High German rust, from Old High German ruost (“elm tree”), from earlier *rus-tro, perhaps corrupted from Proto-Germanic *elmaz.\n* As a north German surname, from Middle Low German ruste, from Old Saxon rasta, from Proto-West Germanic *rastu, related to the English etymology above.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Rusts",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "Rust",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"with-article"
]
}
],
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},
"expansion": "Rust n (proper noun, genitive Rusts or (optionally with an article) Rust)",
"name": "de-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "name",
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{
"categories": [
"de:Municipalities of Burgenland, Austria",
"de:Places in Austria",
"de:Places in Burgenland, Austria"
],
"glosses": [
"A municipality of Burgenland, Austria"
],
"links": [
[
"municipality",
"municipality"
],
[
"Burgenland",
"Burgenland#English"
],
[
"Austria",
"Austria#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"proper-noun"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"de:Municipalities of Germany",
"de:Places in Baden-Württemberg, Germany",
"de:Places in Germany"
],
"glosses": [
"A municipality of Baden-Württemberg, Germany"
],
"links": [
[
"municipality",
"municipality"
],
[
"Baden-Württemberg",
"Baden-Württemberg#English"
],
[
"Germany",
"Germany#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"proper-noun"
]
}
],
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bf/De-Rust.ogg/De-Rust.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/De-Rust.ogg"
}
],
"word": "Rust"
}
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