Ochse

German

Alternative forms

• Ochs (regional or poetic)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German ohso, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *uhsô, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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 okse, Swedish oxe, Danish okse, and English ox

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔk.sə/

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Noun

Ochse m (genitive Ochsen, plural Ochsen, diminutive Öchslein n or Öchschen n)

1. ox (castrated bull; castrated male bovine animal)

Descendants

• → Luxembourgish: Ochs

See also

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

Further reading

• “Ochse” in Duden online