Moos

Moos

1. A surname.

• IPA^(key): /moːs/

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• Rhymes: -oːs

From Middle High German mos, from Old High German mos, from Proto-Germanic *musą.

Moos n (strong, genitive Mooses, plural Moose or Möser)

1. moss
2. bryophyte (group of moss-like plants)
3. (regional, chiefly dialectal, Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland) bog; fen; marsh

   Synonym: Moor

• The alternative plural Möser is used only in the sense of “bog, fen”, which itself is unused and generally not understood in the northern half of the language area.

Borrowed from Yiddish מעות (moes), from Hebrew מעות (ma'ot, “coins”). Originally underworld slang.

Moos n (strong, genitive Mooses, no plural)

1. (slang) dosh, dough

   Synonyms: Kies, Kohle; see also Thesaurus:Geld

   Ohne Moos nix los! ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 1975, “Heut' Nacht”, in Wenn die Nacht am tiefsten…, performed by Ton Steine Scherben:

     Die Woche war hart, aber heute gab's Moos / Und in jeder Kneipe ist der Teufel los

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• “Moos” in Duden online
• “Moos” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Inherited from Middle High German mos, from Old High German mos.^[1]

Cognate with German Moos and Luxembourgish Moos.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoːs/
• Rhymes: -oːs
• Syllabification: Moos
• Homophone: Mos

Moos n (plural Moos)

1. moss (any of various small, green, seedless plants growing on the ground or on the surfaces of trees, stones, etc.)
2. Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides)

• Mos (alternative spelling since 2019)

From German Moos.

• IPA^(key): /moːs/

  Rhymes: -oːs

  Homophone: Mooss

Moos n (plural Mooser)

1. moss

• Hornmoos
• Lafmoos
• Liewermoos

From Middle High German māz, from Old High German māza, from Proto-West Germanic *mātu. Compare German Maß, Dutch maat.

Moos n

1. measure

From Middle High German mos, from Old High German mos.

Compare German Moos, Dutch mos, English moss.

Moos n

1. moss