See also: lösse and loße

English edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch los, from Middle Dutch los, from Old Dutch *los, from Proto-West Germanic *luhs, from Proto-Germanic *luhsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-.

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losse (plural lossem)

  1. (obsolete) A lynx.
    A losse went to prepare to hunt.
    • 1889, Henry Morley, Early English Prose Romances:
      Losse, lynx (Dutch, los)

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Adjective edit

losse

  1. inflection of los:
    1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
    2. definite neuter singular attributive
    3. plural attributive

Verb edit

losse

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of lossen

Hunsrik edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German lāzzen (in the 15th century also lassen), from Old High German lāzan.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

losse

  1. to let, to allow
    Loss mich etwas mache.
    Let me do something.

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Middle English edit

Etymology edit

From Old English lox, from Proto-West Germanic *luhs, from Proto-Germanic *luhsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-.

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Noun edit

losse

  1. (early, Northern) A lynx

Descendants edit

  • English: losse, los, loz
  • Scots: los, loz

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Low German or Dutch lossen.

Verb edit

losse (imperative loss, present tense losser, passive losses, simple past and past participle lossa or losset, present participle lossende)

  1. to unload, discharge (cargo)

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Low German or Dutch lossen.

Verb edit

losse (present tense lossar, past tense lossa, past participle lossa, passive infinitive lossast, present participle lossande, imperative losse/loss)

  1. to unload, discharge (cargo)

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Pennsylvania German edit

Etymology edit

Compare German lassen, Dutch laten, English let.

Verb edit

losse

  1. to let, to allow
  2. to let have
  3. to leave undone
  4. to leave in possession