bloss

See also: bloß

German

Adjective

bloss (strong nominative masculine singular blosser, comparative blosser, superlative am blossesten)

  1. Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of bloß

Declension

Adverb

bloss

  1. Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of bloß

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish blos, blus, from Old Norse blys, from Proto-Germanic *blusją (firebrand, torch). Related to Swedish bläs (blaze).

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Noun

bloss n

  1. drag, puff (on a cigarette, cigar, or pipe)
    dra ett bloss
    take a drag
  2. (in "ta sig ett bloss") smoke (an instance of smoking a cigarette, cigar, etc., usually of a cigarette)
    Jag ska ta mig ett bloss
    I'm going to have a smoke
  3. (chiefly historical) softwood torch

Declension

Declension of bloss
nominative genitive
singular indefinite bloss bloss
definite blosset blossets
plural indefinite bloss bloss
definite blossen blossens

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