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Rußland

Rußland

See also: Russland and Rússland

German

Proper noun

Rußland n (genitive Rußlands)

  1. Alternative spelling of Russland

Usage notes

  • (in Switzerland) The spelling Rußland was deprecated in 1938 in Swiss German when Swiss elementary schools stopped teaching the use of the ß.
  • (in Germany and Austria) The spelling Rußland was deprecated in 1996 in the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform).