Rut

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rut"

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch Ruth.

Proper noun

Rut

1. Ruth (biblical character)

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Ruth.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈrut]

Proper noun

Rut f

1. (biblical) Ruth (the book of the Bible)
2. (biblical) Ruth
3. a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Ruth

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrut]

Proper noun

Rut m anim (female equivalent Rutová)

1. a male surname from German

Declension

Declension of Rut (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Rut	Rutové
genitive	Ruta	Rutů
dative	Rutovi	Rutům
accusative	Ruta	Ruty
vocative	Rute	Rutové
locative	Rutovi	Rutech
instrumental	Rutem	Ruty

Further reading

• “Rut”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
• Matúšová, Jana (2015), Německá vlastní jména v češtině [German proper nouns in Czech] (in Czech), Prague: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, →ISBN, page 70

Faroese

Etymology

From Hebrew רוּת.

Proper noun

Rut f

1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Rut: Rutarson
• daughter of Rut: Rutardóttir

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Rut
accusative	Rut
dative	Rut
genitive	Rutar

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German ruote, from Old High German ruota, from Proto-Germanic *rōdō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruːt/

Noun

Rut f (plural Rute, diminutive Ritche)

1. rod

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Rut”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Icelandic

Proper noun

Rut f (proper noun, genitive singular Rutar)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Ruth

Declension

Declension of Rut (sg-only feminine)

indefinite singular
nominative	Rut
accusative	Rut
dative	Rut
genitive	Rutar

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

Rut

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

From Ruth the Moabite, Hebrew רות, of uncertain origin, possibly meaning "companion".

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈrut/ [ˈrʊt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ut
• Syllabification: Rut
• Homophone: rut

Proper noun

Rut

1. Ruth:
   2. (biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh
   4. (biblical) The resident of Moab around whom the text centers

Further reading

• “Rut”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Rut

Wikipedia ^it

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrut/
• Rhymes: -ut
• Hyphenation: Rùt

Proper noun

Rut f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Ruth
2. Ruth (biblical character)
3. the Book of Ruth

Marshallese

Etymology

From English Ruth.

Proper noun

Rut

1. (biblical, given name) Ruth

Norwegian

Proper noun

Rut

1. Ruth (biblical character).
2. a female given name, usually spelled Ruth

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 385 females with the given name Rut, compared to 9707 with named Ruth, living in Norway on January 1st 2011. Accessed on April 14th 2011.

Plautdietsch

Noun

Rut f (plural Ruten)

1. windowpane

Polish

Etymology

From Ruta (plant).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrut/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ut
• Syllabification: Rut

Proper noun

Rut m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Rut

	singular	plural
nominative	Rut	Rutowie
genitive	Ruta	Rutów
dative	Rutowi	Rutom
accusative	Ruta	Rutów
instrumental	Rutem	Rutami
locative	Rucie	Rutach
vocative	Rucie	Rutowie

Proper noun

Rut f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

Scottish Gaelic

Proper noun

Rut f

1. (biblical) Ruth
2. (biblical) Ruth, the eighth book of the Old Testament

Coordinate terms

books of the Protestant Old Testamentedit

• Genesis
• Ecsodus
• Lebhiticus
• Àireamh
• Deuteronomi
• Iosua
• Britheamhan
• Rut
• 1 Samuel
• 2 Samuel
• 1 Rìghrean
• 2 Rìghrean
• 1 Eachdraidh
• 2 Eachdraidh
• Esra
• Nehemiah
• Ester
• Iob
• Sailm
• Gnàth-fhacail
• Eclesiastes
• Dàn Sholaimh
• Isaiah
• Ieremiah
• Tuireadh
• Eseciel
• Daniel
• Hosèa
• Ioel
• Amos
• Obadiah
• Ionah
• Micah
• Nahum
• Habacuc
• Sephaniah
• Hagai
• Sechariah
• Malachi

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Rut

Wikipedia ^es

Alternative forms

• Ruth

Etymology

From Latin Ruth.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrut/ [ˈrut̪]
• Rhymes: -ut
• Syllabification: Rut

Proper noun

Rut f

1. (biblical) Ruth (the book of the Bible)
2. (biblical) Ruth
3. a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Ruth

Swedish

Etymology

From Hebrew רות.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Rut c (genitive Ruts)

1. Ruth (biblical book and character)
2. a female given name of biblical origin

Usage notes

• Popular given name in Sweden from the 1890s to the 1920s.

References

• Sture Allén, Staffan Wahlin, Förnamnsboken, Almqvist&Wiksell 1979, →ISBN
• Statistiska centralbyrån: 23 268 females with the given name Rut, compared to 14 540 named Ruth, living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010. Accessed on April 14th, 2011.

Anagrams

• tur