Roß

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See also: ross and Ross

German

Etymology 1

From Middle High German rāz, from Old High German rāza, from Proto-West Germanic *hrātu.[1]

Noun

Roß n (strong, genitive Roßes, plural Roße)

  1. honeycomb
    Synonym: Wabe
Declension
Declension of Roß
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Roß die Roße
genitive eines des Roßes der Roße
dative einem dem Roß, Roße1 den Roßen
accusative ein das Roß die Roße

1Now rare, see notes.

Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Noun

Roß n (strong, genitive Rosses, plural Rösser or Rosse)

  1. Formerly standard spelling of Ross which was deprecated in the spelling reform (Rechtschreibreform) of 1996.

Further reading

  • “Roß” in Duden online

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “hreto”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 245
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