Tross

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German trosse (“baggage”), from Old French trosse, trousse (“package, bundle”). The semantic development from “baggage” to “those who move the baggage” occurred around 1500. Cognate with English truss, which see.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʁɔs/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔs
  • Hyphenation: Tross

Noun

Tross m (strong, genitive Trosses, plural Trosse)

  1. (military) baggage train (a unit’s supply vehicles and the troops resonsible for them)
    Coordinate terms: Instandsetzungsstaffel, Kampfstaffel, Stab, Versorgungsstaffel
    • 1960, Otto Carius, Tiger im Schlamm, 9th revised edition, Saarbrücken, published 2021, page 74:
      Zuerst kam bei ihm die Kampfstaffel, dann die I-Truppe, dann die Versorgungsstaffel und dann der Troß.
      The combat squad came first for him, then the maintenance squad, then the logistics squad, and finally the baggage train.
  2. (figurative) group or column of people moving somewhere
    Synonyms: Zug, Treck
  3. (especially) entourage, escort, group of accompanying associates
    Synonyms: Gefolge, Hofstaat, Begleitzug, Eskorte

Declension
Declension of Tross [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Tross die Trosse
genitive eines des Trosses der Trosse
dative einem dem Tross, Trosse1 den Trossen
accusative einen den Tross die Trosse

1Now rare, see notes.

Further reading
  • “Tross” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Tross” in Duden online
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