Gross

See also: gross, groß, and Groß

English

Etymology

• As a Jewish and German surname, from groß (“great, large”). The Jewish surname was influenced by Hebrew גדול (“big, large”), hence the Hebraicization Gadol.
• As an English surname, from the noun and adjective gross, a doublet of above.

The village is named after Ben Gross, who kept a general store there.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɡɹəʊs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɡɹoʊs/
• (Philippines, nonstandard) IPA^(key): /ɡɹɔs/
• (Scotland, dialectal) IPA^(key): /ɡɹos/
• Homophone: gross
• Rhymes: -əʊs, (Philippines, Scotland) -ɒs

Proper noun

Gross

1. A surname from Middle English, originally a nickname for a big man, from Middle English gros (“large”).
2. A village in Nebraska, having a population of two as of 2010.

See also

• Gross (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Sgros, Sorgs

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡroːs/

Noun

Gross n (strong, genitive Gross, plural Grosse)

1. Alternative spelling of Gros

Declension

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Gross	die	Grosse
genitive	eines	des	Gross	der	Grosse
dative	einem	dem	Gross	den	Grossen
accusative	ein	das	Gross	die	Grosse

Declension of Gross [neuter, strong]

Proper noun

Gross m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Gross' or (with an article) Gross, feminine genitive Gross, plural Gross or Grossens)

1. a surname transferred from the nickname