Moos

Moos

1. A surname.

• IPA^(key): /moːs/

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• Rhymes: -oːs

From Middle High German mos, from Old High German mos, from Proto-Germanic *musą.

Moos n (strong, genitive Mooses, plural Moose or Möser)

1. moss
2. bryophyte (group of moss-like plants)
3. (regional, chiefly dialectal, Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland) bog; fen; marsh

   Synonym: Moor

• The alternative plural Möser is used only in the sense of “bog, fen”, which itself is unused and generally not understood in the northern half of the language area.

• bemoost
• Hornmoos
• Laubmoos
• Moosbeere
• Torfmoos
• Moosfarn

Borrowed from Yiddish מעות (moes), from Hebrew מעות (ma'ot, “coins”). Originally underworld slang.

Moos n (strong, genitive Mooses, no plural)

1. (slang) dosh, dough

   Synonyms: Kies, Kohle; see also Thesaurus:Geld

   Ohne Moos nix los! ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 1975, “Heut' Nacht”, in Wenn die Nacht am tiefsten…, performed by Ton Steine Scherben:

     Die Woche war hart, aber heute gab's Moos / Und in jeder Kneipe ist der Teufel los

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Inherited from Middle High German mos, from Old High German mos.^[1]

Cognate with German Moos and Luxembourgish Moos.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoːs/
• Rhymes: -oːs
• Syllabification: Moos
• Homophone: Mos

Moos n (plural Moos)

1. moss (any of various small, green, seedless plants growing on the ground or on the surfaces of trees, stones, etc.)
2. Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides)

• Mos (alternative spelling since 2019)

From German Moos.

• IPA^(key): /moːs/

  Rhymes: -oːs

  Homophone: Mooss

Moos n (plural Mooser)

1. moss

• Hornmoos
• Lafmoos
• Liewermoos

From Middle High German māz, from Old High German māza, from Proto-West Germanic *mātu. Compare German Maß, Dutch maat.

Moos n

1. measure

From Middle High German mos, from Old High German mos.

Compare German Moos, Dutch mos, English moss.

Moos n

1. moss