Stahlross

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Stahl (“steel”) +‎ Ross (“horse”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtaːlˌʁɔs/
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Noun

Stahlross n (strong, genitive Stahlrosses, plural Stahlrosse or Stahlrösser)

  1. (informal, humorous) bicycle
    • 1909, Lily Braun, chapter 7, in Memoiren einer Sozialistin [Memoirs of a Socialist]‎, Lehrjahre, München: Albert Langen:
      Im Schweiße seines Angesichts, wie ein Sklave, schwer mit den Muskeln arbeitend, wie er, treibt der Radler sein Stahlroß vorwärts; […]
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Declension

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