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German
Alternative forms
- Ochs (regional or poetic)
Etymology
From Middle High German ohse, from Old High German ohso, from Proto-West Germanic *ohsō, from Proto-Germanic *uhsô, from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn. Cognate with Dutch os, West Frisian okse, Saterland Frisian Okse, Low German Oss, Plautdietsch Oss, Yiddish אָקס (oks), Icelandic oxi and uxi, Faroese oksi, Norwegian Bokmål okse, Norwegian Nynorsk okse, Swedish oxe, Danish okse, and English ox.
Pronunciation
Noun
Ochse m (weak, genitive Ochsen, plural Ochsen, diminutive Öchslein n or Öchschen n)
- ox (castrated bull; castrated male bovine animal)
Declension
Descendants
See also
Further reading
- “Ochse” in Duden online
- “Ochse” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
Noun
Ochse m
- plural of Ochs