Swedish noun

ett mos

mash, sauce/muːs/

Meaning

mash, sauce

In Swedish: krossad el. pressad massa (av frukt o dyl)

Forms

Forms of mos
Singular, indefiniteett mos
Singular, definitemoset

mos is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort mos, det stora moset. Check another noun

Practise mos

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Is it en mos or ett mos?

mos in a sentence

  • en grillad med mos
    a grilled hot dog with mashed potatoes
  • göra mos av någon (idiomatic)
    utterly defeat someone or the like

Words built with mos

  • äppelmos apple sauce
  • potatismos mashed potatoes

Questions

What does mos mean in English?

mos means “mash, sauce”.

Is it en mos or ett mos?

It is ett mos, and “the mash” is moset.

Origin

From Old Norse *mós, from Proto-Germanic *mōsą (“mush, porridge”).

Nearby common words

mos is number 8,015 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary