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Ochs
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English
Proper noun
en.
Alemannic German
Etymology
From gsw gmh ohse, from gsw goh ohso.
Pronunciation
gsw /oxs/ Zurich
Noun
gsw noun m plural Ochse
ox; bullock
gsw 1903 w: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
de /ɔks/
de De-Ochs.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m.weak
de regional or poetic de Ochse ox
de Den Sozialismus in seinem Lauf / hält weder Ochs noch Esel auf. Socialist slogan, famously quoted by Erich Honecker in August 1989 Socialism in its course will be stopped neither by oxen nor by donkeys.
Declension
m.weak
Further reading
Hunsrik
Etymology
hrx :inh gmw-cfr:Ohs<id:ox> ox +119 2
Pronunciation
oks<hyph:Ochs>
Noun
m Ochse Echsje
ox adult castrated male of cattle
hrx Kuh<t:cow> Stier<t:bull>
Derived terms
hrx Ochsewaan
References
hrx Cattle Male animals
Luxembourgish
Etymology
lb :bor de:Ochse<id:ox> ox + The originally Luxembourgish form is lb Uess 1, which is still in use, but now less common.
Pronunciation
lb /oks/
Noun
m Ochsen
ox
lb Uess
lb colloquial idiot
lb Kuck dach, wuer s de trëppels, du Ochs! Look where you're walking, you idiot!
lb Cattle Male animals