bloos

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German blōß, from Old High German blōʒ (“bare, naked”), from Proto-Germanic *blautaz (“void, emaciated, soft”). Cognate with German bloß, Dutch bloot, Icelandic blautur.

Pronunciation
  • (Zurich) IPA(key): /bloːs/

Adjective

bloos

  1. naked, bare

Adverb

bloos

  1. merely, only
    • 1908, Meinrad Lienert, ‘s Heiwili, I.5:
      Äs stoht im Stubli, rod't si nüd, / Blöiß d' Äugli lueged schüüch is Gstüüd.

Dutch

Pronunciation
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  • Rhymes: -oːs

Verb

bloos

  1. first-person singular present indicative of blozen
  2. imperative of blozen
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