tös

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tos"

Swedish

Etymology

Related to Danish tøs, Norwegian taus, dialectal Swedish Tösa, dialectal Norwegian tysja (“naughty woman”), all said to be from an imitative word (Lautmalerei).^[1]

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -øːs

Noun

tös c

(colloquial) a girl (female child or young woman)
1. a lass, a lassie

Usage notes

Not regionally limited like lass/lassie, but often a good match for tone when translating from English. Can sound like laying it on a bit thick in the other direction, unless fitting for the context. Plain flicka (“girl”) (tjej can sound too modern) also works as a translation for lass, leaning in less.

Declension

Declension of tös
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	tös	tösen	töser	töserna
Genitive	tös	tösens	tösers	tösernas

Synonyms

Derived terms

bondtös (“country girl, farm girl”)
tösabit (“lassie”)

References

^ “tös”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy]‎^[1] (in Swedish), 1937

Anagrams

söt, öst

[1] “tös”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy]‎^[1] (in Swedish), 1937

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