Prus

See also: prus, PRUs, and Pruś

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Prus.

Proper noun

Prus (plural Pruses)

1. A surname from Polish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Prus is the 34149^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 665 individuals. Prus is most common among White (97.14%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Prus”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Spur, purs, spur, surp

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprus]
• Rhymes: -us

Noun

Prus m anim

1. Prussian (person)

Declension

Declension of Prus (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Prus	Prusové
genitive	Prusa	Prusů
dative	Prusovi, Prusu	Prusům
accusative	Prusa	Prusy
vocative	Pruse	Prusové
locative	Prusovi, Prusu	Prusech
instrumental	Prusem	Prusy

Related terms

• Prusko
• pruský
• Prušan

Further reading

• “Prus”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Prus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Prus”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprus/

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• Rhymes: -us
• Syllabification: Prus

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

Prus m pers

1. (historical) Old Prussian (member of a Baltic ethnic group native to Prussia)

Declension

Declension of Prus

	singular	plural
nominative	Prus	Prusowie
genitive	Prusa	Prusów
dative	Prusowi	Prusom
accusative	Prusa	Prusów
instrumental	Prusem	Prusami
locative	Prusie	Prusach
vocative	Prusie	Prusowie

Proper noun

Prus m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Prus

	singular	plural
nominative	Prus	Prusowie
genitive	Prusa	Prusów
dative	Prusowi	Prusom
accusative	Prusa	Prusów
instrumental	Prusem	Prusami
locative	Prusie	Prusach
vocative	Prusie	Prusowie

Proper noun

Prus f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Proper noun

Prus nvir pl

1. genitive plural of Prusy

Further reading

• Prus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Prus in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• “Prus”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prûs/

Noun

Prȕs m anim (Cyrillic spelling Пру̏с, female equivalent Prȕskinja)

1. Prussian (usually male)

Declension

Declension of Prus

	singular
nominative	Prus
genitive	Prusa
dative	Prusu
accusative	Prusa
vocative	Pruse
locative	Prusu
instrumental	Prusom