hyss
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