Ochs

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German ohse, from Old High German ohso.

Pronunciation

• (Zürich) 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.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔks/

Noun

Ochs m (weak, genitive Ochsen, plural Ochsen)

1. (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.

     Socialist slogan, famously quoted by Erich Honecker in August 1989

Declension

Declension of Ochs [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ochs	die	Ochsen
genitive	eines	des	Ochsen	der	Ochsen
dative	einem	dem	Ochsen	den	Ochsen
accusative	einen	den	Ochsen	die	Ochsen

Further reading

• “Ochs” in Duden online

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Central Franconian Ohs, from Middle High German ohse, from Old High German ohso, from Proto-West Germanic *ohsō, from Proto-Germanic *uhsô, from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoks/
• Rhymes: -oks
• Syllabification: Ochs

Noun

Ochs m (plural Ochse, diminutive Echsje)

1. ox (adult castrated male of cattle)

   Coordinate terms: Kuh (“cow”), Stier (“bull”)

Derived terms

• Ochsewaan

 

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Borrowed 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

   Synonym: Uess

2. (colloquial) idiot

   Kuck dach, wuer s de trëppels, du Ochs! ― Look where you're walking, you idiot!