mose
See also: Mose, Mosè, and Möse
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moːsə/, [ˈmoːsə]
Etymology 1
From Old Norse mosi.
Noun
mose c (singular definite mosen, plural indefinite moser)
- bog (expanse of marshland)
- moor (region with poor, marshy soil, peat, and heath)
Inflection
Declension of mose
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | mose | mosen | moser | moserne |
| genitive | moses | mosens | mosers | mosernes |
Derived terms
- mosebed
- mosebirk
- mosebro
- mosebryg
- mosebund
- mosebunke
- mosebær
- mosebølle
- mosedrag
- moseeg
- moseel
- moseeng
- mosefolk
- mosefund
- mosefyr
- mosegeologi
- mosegris
- mosegrund
- mosehul
- mosejord
- mosekonebryg
- moselig
- moseområde
- mosepors
- mosevand
Etymology 2
From German Low German mosen.
Verb
mose (imperative mos, infinitive at mose, present tense moser, past tense mosede, perfect tense har moset)
- mash (convert (something) into a mash)
- slog (to walk slowly, encountering resistance)
- zip (to move in haste)
Gothic
Romanization
mose
- Romanization of 𐌼𐍉𐍃𐌴
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English māse (“titmouse”); see English titmouse.
Noun
mose (plural moses)
- a small bird, a tit, titmouse, coalmouse
- 1935 [c. 1250], J. H. G. Grattan and G. F. H. Sykes (eds.), The Owl and the Nightingale, poem attributed to Nicholas de Guildford:
- Ne myht þu leng a word iqueþe, Ac pipest al so doþ a mose
- You can make not a further word, But peep as does a titmouse
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Verb
mose
- Alternative form of musen
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse mosi.
Noun
mose m (definite singular mosen, indefinite plural moser, definite plural mosene)
- moss (plant in the Bryophyta family)
- (obsolete) a moor (region with poor, marshy soil, peat, and heath)
Derived terms
- mosegrodd
- mosekledd
References
- “mose” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse mosi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²moːsə/
- Homophone: måse
Noun
mose m (definite singular mosen, indefinite plural mosar, definite plural mosane)
- moss (plant in the Bryophyta family)
Derived terms
- mosegrodd
- mosekledd
References
- “mose” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Sotho
Noun
mose class 18 (uncountable)
- overseas
Venetian
Noun
mose
- plural of mosa