Ochs

Alemannic German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oxs/

Noun

Ochs m (plural Ochse)

1. 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.

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔks/

Noun

Ochs m (genitive Ochsen, plural Ochsen)

1. (regional or poetic) Alternative form of Ochse (“ox”)

   Den Sozialismus in seinem Lauf / hält weder Ochs noch Esel auf. (Slogan in the former GDR by Erich Honecker)

   Socialism in its course will be stopped neither by oxen nor by donkeys.

Further reading

• “Ochs” in Duden online

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Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oks/

Noun

Ochs m (plural Ochse, diminutive Echsje)

1. ox

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German Ochse. The originally Luxembourgish form is Uess, which is still in use, but now less common.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oks/

Noun

Ochs m (plural Ochsen)

1. ox

Synonyms

• Uess