hyss
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
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
[edit]hyss n
Declension
[edit]| Declension of hyss | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | hyss | hysset | hyss | hyssen |
| Genitive | hyss | hyssets | hyss | hyssens |
Synonyms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Interjection
[edit]hyss