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Ritze, feminine, ‘rift, rent,’ from Middle High German riz (genitive ritzes), masculine, ‘rift, wound,’ like rißen, from Middle High German ritzen, ‘to scratch, wound,’ Old High German rizzen, rizzân; allied to reißen.