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German
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German trosse (“baggage”), from Old French trosse, trousse (“package, bundle”). The semantic development from “baggage” to “those who move the baggage” occurred around 1500. Cognate with English truss, which see.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁɔs/
- Rhymes: -ɔs
- Hyphenation: Tross
Noun
Tross m (strong, genitive Trosses, plural Trosse)
- (military) baggage train (a unit’s supply vehicles and the troops resonsible for them)
- Coordinate terms: Instandsetzungsstaffel, Kampfstaffel, Stab, Versorgungsstaffel
1960, Otto Carius, Tiger im Schlamm, 9th revised edition, Saarbrücken, published 2021, page 74:Zuerst kam bei ihm die Kampfstaffel, dann die I-Truppe, dann die Versorgungsstaffel und dann der Troß.- The combat squad came first for him, then the maintenance squad, then the logistics squad, and finally the baggage train.
- (figurative) group or column of people moving somewhere
- Synonyms: Zug, Treck
- (especially) entourage, escort, group of accompanying associates
- Synonyms: Gefolge, Hofstaat, Begleitzug, Eskorte
Declension
Further reading
- “Tross” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Tross” in Duden online