bloss
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See also: bloß
German
[edit]Adjective
[edit]bloss (strong nominative masculine singular blosser, comparative blosser, superlative am blossesten)
- Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of bloß
Declension
[edit]Adverb
[edit]bloss
- Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of bloß
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish blos, blus, from Old Norse blys, from Proto-Germanic *blusją (“firebrand, torch”). Related to Swedish bläs (“blaze”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]bloss n
- drag, puff (on a cigarette, cigar, or pipe)
- dra ett bloss
- take a drag
- (in "ta sig ett bloss") smoke (an instance of smoking a cigarette, cigar, etc., usually of a cigarette)
- Jag ska ta mig ett bloss
- I'm going to have a smoke
- (chiefly historical) softwood torch
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | bloss | bloss |
| definite | blosset | blossets | |
| plural | indefinite | bloss | bloss |
| definite | blossen | blossens |
Derived terms
[edit]- halsbloss (“deep drag”)
- tomtebloss (“sparkler”)
References
[edit]- “bloss”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “bloss”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “bloss”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
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