losse

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See also: lösse and loße

English

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Etymology 1

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From Dutch los, from Middle Dutch los, from Old Dutch *los, from Proto-West Germanic *luhs, from Proto-Germanic *luhsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-.

Noun

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losse (plural lossem)

  1. (obsolete) A lynx.
    A losse went to prepare to hunt.
    • 1889, Henry Morley, Early English Prose Romances:
      Losse, lynx (Dutch, los)

Etymology 2

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See loss.

Noun

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losse (countable and uncountable, plural losses)

  1. Obsolete spelling of loss.

Anagrams

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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losse

  1. inflection of los:
    1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
    2. definite neuter singular attributive
    3. plural attributive

Verb

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losse

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of lossen

Hunsrik

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Etymology

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From Middle High German lāzzen (in the 15th century also lassen), from Old High German lāzan.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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losse

  1. to let, to allow
    Loss mich etwas mache.
    Let me do something.

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Middle English

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Etymology

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From Old English lox, from Proto-West Germanic *luhs, from Proto-Germanic *luhsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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losse

  1. (Early Middle English, Northern) A lynx

Descendants

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  • English: losse, los, loz
  • Scots: los, loz

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German or Dutch lossen.

Verb

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losse (imperative loss, present tense losser, passive losses, simple past and past participle lossa or losset, present participle lossende)

  1. to unload, discharge (cargo)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German or Dutch lossen.

Verb

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losse (present tense lossar, past tense lossa, past participle lossa, passive infinitive lossast, present participle lossande, imperative losse/loss)

  1. to unload, discharge (cargo)

Alternative forms

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Pennsylvania German

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Etymology

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Compare German lassen, Dutch laten, English let.

Verb

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losse

  1. to let, to allow
  2. to let have
  3. to leave undone
  4. to leave in possession