kisse

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See also: Kisse and kissé

English[edit]

Noun[edit]

kisse (plural kisses)

  1. Obsolete form of kiss.

Verb[edit]

kisse (third-person singular simple present kisses, present participle kissing, simple past and past participle kissed)

  1. Obsolete form of kiss.

Anagrams[edit]

Hunsrik[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old High German kussen, from Proto-Germanic *kussijaną.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

kisse

  1. to kiss
    Die Kinner kisse eere Mutter wann sie schlofe gehn.
    The children kiss their mother when they go to bed.

Inflection[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Middle English[edit]

Verb[edit]

kisse

  1. Alternative form of kissen

Pennsylvania German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare German küssen, Dutch kussen, English kiss, Swedish kyssa.

Verb[edit]

kisse

  1. kiss

Synonyms[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the interjection kiss (often repeated), used to call a cat.[1] Compare the origins of misse, pulla, and pålle.

Noun[edit]

kisse c

  1. (colloquial, endearing) a kitty-cat, a pussy-cat
    Synonyms: katt, (colloquial) misse, (colloquial) kissemiss, (colloquial) kissekatt

Declension[edit]

Declension of kisse 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kisse kissen kissar kissarna
Genitive kisses kissens kissars kissarnas

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

  • kissa ((female) cat)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ kisse”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy][1] (in Swedish), 1937

West Flemish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French caisse.

Noun[edit]

kisse f (plural kissn)

  1. cash desk, checkout
  2. cash register