Ochs

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Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German ohse, from Old High German ohso.

Pronunciation

Noun

Ochs m (plural Ochse)

  1. ox; bullock
    • 1903, Robert Walser, Der Teich:
      Uh, wie n'er brület! Wie n'en Ochs, we me ne wot metzge.
      Ugh, how he bellows! Like an ox that's about to be slaughtered.

German

Pronunciation

Noun

Ochs m (weak, genitive Ochsen, plural Ochsen)

  1. (regional or poetic) Alternative form of Ochse (“ox”)
    • Den Sozialismus in seinem Lauf / hält weder Ochs noch Esel auf.
      Socialism in its course will be stopped neither by oxen nor by donkeys.
      Socialist slogan, famously quoted by Erich Honecker in August 1989

Declension

Declension of Ochs
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Ochs die Ochsen
genitive eines des Ochsen der Ochsen
dative einem dem Ochsen den Ochsen
accusative einen den Ochsen die Ochsen

Further reading

  • “Ochs” in Duden online

Hunsrik

Etymology

    From Central Franconian Ohs, from Middle High German ohse, from Old High German ohso, from Proto-West Germanic *ohsō, from Proto-Germanic *uhsô, from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn.[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈoks/
    • Rhymes: -oks
    • Syllabification: Ochs

    Noun

    Ochs m (plural Ochse, diminutive Echsje)

    1. ox (adult castrated male of cattle)
      Coordinate terms: Kuh (“cow”), Stier (“bull”)

    Derived terms

    References

    1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Ochs”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 119, column 2

    Luxembourgish

    Etymology

      Borrowed from German Ochse. The originally Luxembourgish form is Uess, which is still in use, but now less common.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      Ochs m (plural Ochsen)

      1. ox
        Synonym: Uess
      2. (colloquial) idiot
        Kuck dach, wuer s de trëppels, du Ochs! ― Look where you're walking, you idiot!
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