Ochs
Alemannic German edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Ochs m (plural Ochse)
- 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 edit
Pronunciation edit
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Ochs m (weak, genitive Ochsen, plural Ochsen)
- (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.
Declension edit
Declension of Ochs [masculine, weak]
Further reading edit
- “Ochs” in Duden online
Hunsrik edit
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Ochs m (plural Ochse, diminutive Echsje)
Further reading edit
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From German Ochse. The originally Luxembourgish form is Uess, which is still in use, but now less common.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Ochs m (plural Ochsen)