Boss
English edit
Proper noun edit
Boss
- A surname.
Anagrams edit
German edit
Alternative forms edit
- Boß (pre-1996)
Etymology edit
In the contemporary form (19th c.) chiefly from English boss, partly also from older northern German Baas (17th c.), both eventually from Dutch baas.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Boss m (strong, genitive Bosses, plural Bosse)
- (usually informal or derogatory) boss (person in charge, supervisor)
- Synonyms: Chef, Vorgesetzter
- (video games) boss
- Synonym: Endgegner
Usage notes edit
- In common speech, Boss may be a fairly neutral synonym of Chef. In more formal contexts such neutral usage is sometimes met with in compounds, e.g. with the name of some company. For the most part, however, Boss has a negative overtone, either personal (despotism, haughtiness) or systemic (big business, predatory capitalism).
Declension edit
Declension of Boss [masculine, strong]
Derived terms edit
- (video games): Endboss, Zwischenboss