hyss

Middle English

Determiner

hyss

1. Alternative form of his (“his”)

Pronoun

hyss

1. Alternative form of his (“his”)

Swedish

Etymology 1

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

hyss n

1. prank, mischief

Declension

Declension of hyss
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	hyss	hysset	hyss	hyssen
Genitive	hyss	hyssets	hyss	hyssens

Synonyms

• pojkstreck
• skälmstycke
• spratt
• upptåg

Etymology 2

Interjection

hyss

1. shush!

   Synonyms: tyst, sch

References

• hyss in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hyss in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)