hyss
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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