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. a mischievous prank
    1. (in the identical plural) mischief, shenanigans
Declension
Declension of hyss
nominative genitive
singular indefinite hyss hyss
definite hysset hyssets
plural indefinite hyss hyss
definite hyssen hyssens
Synonyms

See also

Etymology 2

Interjection

hyss

  1. shush!
    Synonyms: tyst, sch

References

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