ruhr

Other forms of ruhr

plural

ruhrs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ruhr

What does ruhr mean?

ruhr means "a tributary of the Rhine". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ruhr?

ruhr has 1 syllable: ruhr. In IPA it is /ˈɹʊɹ/.

What is another word for ruhr?

Close synonyms include Ruhr River, Ruhr Valley. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ruhr a common word?

ruhr is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.