Spliss

German

Etymology

20th century, from Low German Spliss, Spließ, from the nautical verb splissen (“to splice; to fray the ends of ropes and tie them together”). The latter is cognate with Dutch splitsen (“to split”, older also splissen) and related with Proto-Germanic *splītaną, whence regional German spleißen (also used in the nautical sense above), Dutch splijten, English split.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃplɪs/

Noun

Spliss m (strong, genitive Splisses, no plural)

  1. split ends; hair breakage, schizotrichia

Declension

Declension of Spliss [sg-only, masculine, strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein der Spliss
genitive eines des Splisses
dative einem dem Spliss, Splisse1
accusative einen den Spliss

1Now rare, see notes.

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