Ochs

Alemannic German

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
  • IPA(key): /ɔks/

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 [masculine, weak]
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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /oks/

Noun

Ochs m (plural Ochse, diminutive Echsje)

  1. ox

Further reading

Luxembourgish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /oks/

Noun

Ochs m (plural Ochsen)

  1. ox

Synonyms
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