Ross — German Dictionary

Ross
Word-form referencesRoß
Pronunciations
  • [ʁɔs]

Noun

  1. edles Pferd, besonders zum Reiten

    Usage
    • Literary
    Synonyms
    Antonyms
    Examples

    Der König reitet auf einem Ross daher.

    „Gestern noch auf stolzen Rossen, heute durch die Brust geschossen, morgen in das kühle Grab“

    More examples (3)

    „So sprengte die Gestalt auf schwarzem Ross dahin.“

    „Er wählte flugs Gewand und Hut, hieß zwei Diener mitgehn und begab sich auf stattlichem Rosse sofort zu Familie Hwa.“

    „Doch je größer die islamischen Reiche wurden, umso mehr verließen sie sich auf Sklaven, die von frühester Jugend an als Reiterkrieger ausgebildet wurden und daher jedem überlegen waren, der sein Ross zu spät bestiegen hatte.“

  2. Pferd, Hauspferd

    Usage
    • Austrian German
    • South German
    • Swiss Standard German
    Narrower terms
    GipsrossHolzrossSchlachtross
    Examples

    Die Rösser, auf denen Igor reiten lernt, stammen alle aus einem Wanderzirkus.

  3. Springer

    Usage
    • Archaic
    • Schach
    Synonyms
    Broader terms
    Examples

    Ross schlägt Läufer.

    More examples (1)

    „Wahrscheinlich ist diese Figur eine Schachfigur: der Springer oder das Roß, Rössel (daher der ‚Rösselsprung‘), welche in den ältesten Zeiten ein vollständiger Ritter zu Roß war und später wohl ein Pferd ward, welches jetzt auf einen Pferdekopf beschränkt ist.“

  4. schwachsinniger, dummer Mensch

    Usage
    • Colloquial
    Narrower terms
    Riesenross
    Examples

    Du bist vielleicht ein Ross!

  5. Mensch mit großer Widerstandskraft und massigem Körperbau

    Usage
    • Colloquial
    • impolite
    Examples

    So ein Ross wie ihn haut das nicht um.

Word forms
RoßRössleinRösselRösslRosseRösserRossesRosseRösserRosseRossenRössernRosseRösser

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