Roß
German, noun
Roß is spelled R-O-SS (3 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written German, the 20,214th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Roß is a German neuter noun meaning “synonym of Wabe (“honeycomb”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, Rö is a different word: “abbreviation of Röntgen (“X-ray”)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Bienenwabe, mit und ohne Honig”.
What does Roß mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutersynonym of Wabe (“honeycomb”)
noun
- 1
abbreviation of Röntgen (“X-ray”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bienenwabe, mit und ohne Honig
abbreviation: 1. kreisfreie Stadt Rosenheim; Kfz-Kennzeichen für den Landkreis Rosenheim 2. Kfz-Kennzeichen für den oberösterreichischen Bezirk Rohrbach
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Roß
- Roßes genitive
- Roße plural
- Roßen dative definite plural
- Rooß alternative
- Rost alternative
- Ross alternative Switzerland Liechtenstein
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Roß
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Roß in German?
Roß appears 2.6 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).