Ochse

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
  • IPA(key): /ˈɔk.sə/
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Noun

Ochse m (weak, genitive Ochsen, plural Ochsen, diminutive Öchslein n or Öchschen n)

  1. ox (castrated bull; castrated male bovine animal)

Declension
Declension of Ochse [masculine, weak]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Ochse die Ochsen
genitive eines des Ochsen der Ochsen
dative einem dem Ochsen den Ochsen
accusative einen den Ochsen die Ochsen

Descendants
  • → Luxembourgish: Ochs

See also

Further reading
  • “Ochse” in Duden online
  • “Ochse” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hunsrik

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈoksə/

Noun

Ochse m

  1. plural of Ochs
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