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Roß

See also: ross and Ross

German edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

Roß n (strong, genitive Roßes, plural Roße)

  1. honeycomb
    Synonym: Wabe
Declension edit
Declension of Roß [neuter, strong]
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 edit

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

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 edit

  • “Roß” in Duden online

References edit

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