Rugge

• Rugge, Ruggä (Appenzell, Glarus, Lucerne, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Thurgau, Zürich, St. Gallen)
• Rügge (Bern, Lucerne, Schwyz, Solothurn, Unterwalden, Uri)
• Rügg (Bern, Graubünden, Piemont, Wallis)

From Middle High German rucke, rücke. Cognate with German Rücken.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrukːə/
• (Zürich) IPA^(key): /ˈrukə/

Rugge m (plural Rugge or Rügge)

1. back (part of the body)

First attested as rugghe in 1395-1396. Derived from Middle Dutch rugge (“sandy ridge, sandbar”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈrʏ.ɣə/
• Hyphenation: Rug‧ge
• Rhymes: -ʏɣə

Rugge n

1. a neighbourhood of Voorne aan Zee, South Holland, Netherlands

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “rugge”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN