tös

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tos"

Swedish

Etymology

Related to Danish tøs, Norwegian taus, dialectal Swedish Tösa, dialectal Norwegian tysja (“naughty woman”), all said to be from an imitative word (Lautmalerei).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -øːs

Noun

tös c

1. (colloquial) a girl (female child or young woman)
   1. a lass, a lassie

Usage notes

Not regionally limited like lass/lassie, but often a good match for tone when translating from English. Can sound like laying it on a bit thick in the other direction, unless fitting for the context. Plain flicka (“girl”) (tjej can sound too modern) also works as a translation for lass, leaning in less.

Declension

Declension of tös
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	tös	tösen	töser	töserna
Genitive	tös	tösens	tösers	tösernas

Synonyms

• jänta
• flicka
• tjej

Derived terms

• bondtös (“country girl, farm girl”)
• tösabit (“lassie”)

References

• tös in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tös in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tös in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• söt, öst