bloos

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• blooss, blöiß (Einsiedeln)

Etymology

From Middle High German blōß, from Old High German blōʒ (“bare, naked”), from Proto-Germanic *blautaz (“void, emaciated, soft”). Cognate with German bloß, Dutch bloot, Icelandic blautur.

Pronunciation

• (Zurich) IPA^(key): /bloːs/

Adjective

bloos

1. naked, bare

Adverb

bloos

1. merely, only
   • 1908, Meinrad Lienert, ‘s Heiwili, I.5:

     Äs stoht im Stubli, rod't si nüd, / Blöiß d' Äugli lueged schüüch is Gstüüd.

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -oːs

Verb

bloos

1. inflection of blozen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative