Roß

See also: ross and Ross

Bavarian

Alternative forms

(Southern) Ross

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Northern, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈroːs/
• (Southern) IPA^(key): /ˈros/
• Rhymes: -oːs

Noun

Roß n (plural Rossn or Resser, diminutive Ressl or Resserl)

1. (zoology) horse (any member of the species Equus ferus and Equus ferus caballus)

Synonyms

• Pferd

German

Etymology 1

See the main form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔs/

Noun

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.

Etymology 2

From Middle High German rāz(e), from Old High German rāza, from Proto-West Germanic *hrātu. Roß was the Central German form, Wabe the Upper German; the latter was standardized around 1800.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁoːs/

Noun

Roß n (strong, genitive Roßes, plural Roße)

1. (dialectal, otherwise obsolete) synonym of Wabe (“honeycomb”)

Declension

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

• Rooß, Rost n; Roße f

Further reading

• “Roß” in Duden online