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Ross

See also: ross and Roß

English edit

 
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Alternative forms edit

  • (Scottish surname): Rosse

Etymology edit

  • As a Scottish surname, from several places such as Roose in Cumbria or Roos in Yorkshire, both from Scottish Gaelic ros (“promontory”) or a Brythonic parallel of its source such as Welsh rhos (“moor, heath”). There were also several Norman families in Scotland who took their name from Rots in Calvados. Compare Rose, Rhodes.
  • As an English surname, from Wrose in Shipley, with loss of initial w.
  • As an English and German surname, from derivatives of the old Germanic root common in names *hrōþi (“fame”). Compare Rossell.
  • As a Cornish surname, from several places in Cornwall deriving from ros (“heathland”), related to the above Celtic word meaning "heath" or "promontory." See Rouse.
  • As a Jewish and German occupational surname for a breeder of horses,[1] from the regional/poetic noun Ross (“horse”).
  • Also as a Jewish surname, Americanized from Rose.

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Proper noun edit

Ross

  1. An English and Scottish habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic derived from any of several places of that name, from Scottish Gaelic ros (“headland”).
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of early 19th century and later usage.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A town in Marin County, California.
    2. A city and village in North Dakota.
    3. A census-designated place in Ohio.
    4. A city and town in Texas.
    5. A town in Wisconsin.
    6. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Ross Township.
  4. A small town in the West Coast region, South Island, New Zealand. [2]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ross”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
  2. ^ NZ Topo Map

Anagrams edit

Alemannic German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German ros (“horse”), from Old High German ros, hros (“horse”), from Proto-West Germanic *hross (“horse”).

Noun edit

Ross n

  1. (Uri) horse

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German edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German ros (“horse”), from Old High German ros, hros (“horse”), from Proto-West Germanic *hross.

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Noun edit

Ross n (strong, genitive Rosses, plural Rosse or Rösser, diminutive Rösschen n or Rösslein n or Rösserl n or Rössal n or Rössel n)

  1. (regional or poetic) horse
    Synonym: Pferd
    • 1876, Richard Wagner, Siegfried, Act 3, Scene 3:
      ... Dort seh’ ich Grane, mein selig Roß: \ wie weidet er munter der mit mir schlief! \ Mit mir hat ihn Siegfried erweckt. — Richard Wagner, Siegfried, Dritter Aufzug, Dritte Szene.
      I see Grane there, my trusty steed: \ how happily he grazes, he who was asleep like me! \ Siegfried woke him along with me.
    • 1914, His Majesty the Emperor of Germany Wilhelm II, An das Deutsche Volk
      Wir werden uns wehren bis zum letzten Hauch von Mann und Roß
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2001, “Rein raus”, performed by Rammstein:
      Ich bin der Reiter / Du bist das Ross / Ich hab den Schlüssel / Du hast das Schloß / Die Tür geht auf / Ich trete ein / Das Leben kann so prachtvoll sein
      I am the rider / You are the horse / I have the key / You have the castle / The door opens / I enter / Life can be so gorgeous
  2. (regional, derogatory) stupid person, moron

Usage notes edit

  • Ross is a normal word for “horse”, alongside Pferd, in many parts of southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. In northern and central Germany, Ross is not part of the colloquial vocabulary and is perceived as poetic, archaic, or restricted to noble riding horses.
  • The plurals Rosse and Rösser are equally acceptable and roughly equally common, though the former is traditionally preferred in written standard German.

Declension edit

Declension of Ross [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Ross die Rosse, Rösser
genitive eines des Rosses der Rosse, Rösser
dative einem dem Ross, Rosse1 den Rossen, Rössern
accusative ein das Ross die Rosse, Rösser

1Now rare, see notes.

Coordinate terms edit

Chess pieces in German · Schachfiguren, Schachsteine (layout · text)
           
König Dame, Königin Turm Läufer Springer, Pferd, Ross, Rössel Bauer

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

  • Walross (originally from North Germanic)

See also edit

Further reading edit

  • “Ross” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Ross” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Ross” in Duden online
  •   Ross on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Hunsrik edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese roça.

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Noun edit

Ross f (plural Rosse)

  1. countryside

Further reading edit

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