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

Interjection

hyss

  1. shush!
    Synonyms: tyst, sch

References
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