ohse

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• ochse, osse, ox

Etymology

From Old High German ohso, from Proto-West Germanic *ohsō, from Proto-Germanic *uhsô, from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈoxs̠ə/

Noun

ohse m

1. ox

Declension

Declension of ohse (masculine, weak)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	dër	ohse	die	ohsen
genitive	eines	dës	ohsen	dër	ohsen
dative	eime	dëm	ohsen	dën	ohsen
accusative	einen	dën	ohsen	die	ohsen

Descendants

• Bavarian:
  • Cimbrian: oks
  • Mòcheno: ocks
• German: Ochse, Ochs (regional or poetic)
  • → Luxembourgish: Ochs
• Central Franconian: Ohs
  • Hunsrik: Ochs
  • Luxembourgish: Uess
• Yiddish: אָקס (oks)

References

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “ohse”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
• "ohse" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)