German Low German

Alternative forms

• Kos
• Kosse (Kose)

Noun

Koss f

1. (in some dialects, including Low Prussian and Plautdietsch) goat
2. (in some dialects, including Low Prussian and Plautdietsch) female goat, she-goat

Synonyms

• (in other dialects) Zeeg

English

Noun

koss ‎(plural koss or kosses)

1. Alternative form of coss

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse koss, from Proto-Germanic *kussaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɔsː/
• Rhymes: -ɔsː

Noun

koss m ‎(genitive singular koss, nominative plural kossar)

1. a kiss

Declension

Related terms

• kyssa

Norwegian

Alternative forms

• korleis
• hoss (bracket form)
• hossen (bracket form)

Adverb

koss (Nynorsk bracket form)

1. how

   Koss kunne det gå til?

   How could it happen?

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kussaz, whence also Old English coss, Old Saxon kus, kos, Old High German kus.

Noun

koss m

1. kiss

Related terms

• kyssa

Descendants

Note: The continental Scandinavian forms with y have been altered by association with the verb kyssa.

References

• koss in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press