hos

hos in a sentence

• han är på besök hos sin syster
  he's visiting his sister
• Vad ser du hos honom?
  What do you see in him?
• en vanlig åsikt hos de borgerliga
  a view commonly expressed by non-socialists
• Johan är hos sig.
  Johan is at his own place.
• Stanna hos mig!
  Stay with me!

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Origin

Compare Old Swedish i hoss (“close by, nearby”); probably from a weak form of Old Swedish hūs (“house”) (Swedish hus); cognate with Danish hos.

Nearby common words

hos is number 312 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 308del part
• 309säkert undoubtedly, certainly
• 310hoppas hope
• 311rädd afraid, scared
• 313härifrån from here
• 314gav gave
• 315sista last, back
• 316nära near, close