boßen

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See also: bossen and Bossen

German

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Etymology

From Middle High German bōzen, from Old High German bōzan, from Proto-West Germanic *bautan, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (to strike), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd-. Cognate with English beat, which see.

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Verb

boßen (weak, third-person singular present boßt, past tense boßte, past participle geboßt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, now dialectal, Southern Germany) to thrash
    Synonym: dreschen

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