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Middle English
Determiner
hyss
- Alternative form of his (“his”)
Pronoun
hyss
- 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
- prank, mischief
Declension
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Definite
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hyss
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hysset
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hyss
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hyssen
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hyss
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hyssets
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hyss
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hyssens
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Synonyms
Etymology 2
Interjection
hyss
- shush!
- Synonyms: tyst, sch
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