Gross

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See also: gross, groß, and Groß

English

Etymology

  • As a Jewish and German surname, from groß (“great, large”). The Jewish surname was influenced by Hebrew גדול (“big, large”), hence the Hebraicization Gadol.
  • As an English surname, from the noun and adjective gross, a doublet of above.

The village is named after Ben Gross, who kept a general store there.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Gross

  1. A surname from Middle English, originally a nickname for a big man, from Middle English gros (“large”).
  2. A village in Nebraska, having a population of two as of 2010.

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German

Pronunciation

Noun

Gross n (strong, genitive Gross, plural Grosse)

  1. Alternative spelling of Gros

Declension

Declension of Gross
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Gross die Grosse
genitive eines des Gross der Grosse
dative einem dem Gross den Grossen
accusative ein das Gross die Grosse

Proper noun

Gross m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Gross' or (with an article) Gross, feminine genitive Gross, plural Gross or Grossens)

  1. a surname transferred from the nickname
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