hyss
Middle English
[edit]Determiner
[edit]hyss
- Alternative form of his (“his”)
Pronoun
[edit]hyss
- Alternative form of his (“his”)
Swedish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Used at least since 1685. From the verb hyssa, meaning to lift and swing somebody in the air, a variant of hissa. In the 1960s, the word got a renaissance when it was used by Astrid Lindgren to describe the pranks made by Emil i Lönneberga.
Noun
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Declension
[edit]Declension of hyss
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | hyss | hyss |
| definite | hysset | hyssets | |
| plural | indefinite | hyss | hyss |
| definite | hyssen | hyssens | |
Synonyms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Interjection
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