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/

• Audio

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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

• Rind
• Kuh
• Bulle; Stier
• schauen wie der Ochs vorm Berg

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