Rochen

Meaning

ray (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)

Hyphenated as

Ro‧chen

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʁɔxən/

Etymology

From Middle Low German roche, ruche, possibly a derivative of Proto-Germanic *rūhwaz (“rough”), but often thought to be from a substrate (compare also Latin raia). Cognate with Dutch rog, Old English reohhe, ruhha, and, via Old French, English roach (“a fish”).