Swedish pronoun· top 100 most common
oss
us/ɔs/
Meaning
us
Practise oss
1 / 1What does oss mean?
oss in a sentence
- Såg du oss där?Did you see us there?
- Vi skulle vilja lära oss jongleraWe would like to learn how to juggle
Questions
What does oss mean in English?
oss means “us”.
Where the course teaches it
- Swedish object pronouns: honom and henneComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Swedish vocabulary for home, world, workComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Swedish reflexive pronouns: mig, dig, sigComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Swedish reflexive verbs: tvättar migComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Swedish verbs of position: ligger, stårComplete Swedish – Season 1
- The Swedish continuous past: taladeComplete Swedish – Season 1
Origin
From Old Norse oss, from Proto-Germanic *uns, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥smé.
Nearby common words
oss is number 57 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. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary