German

Noun

Gosse f ‎(genitive Gosse, plural Gossen)

1. gutter (most often as a symbol for alcoholism, homelessness, and/or other social hardships)

   in der Gosse liegen — “to lie in the gutter”

Declension

Synonyms

• Rinnstein (more common for the literal sense)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔs/

Noun

gosse m, f ‎(plural gosses)

1. (colloquial) child, kid

Etymology 2

Uncertain. It could be an old or dialectal variant of gousse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔs/

Noun

gosse f ‎(plural gosses)

1. (Canada, colloquial) testicle.

Northern Sami

Verb

gosse

1. inflection of gossat:
   1. first-person dual present indicative
   2. third-person plural past indicative

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

gosse ‎(present tense gosser, past tense gossa, past participle gossa, present participle gossende)

1. (slang) to gloat

Usage notes

Only known to have occurred in the slang phrase jeg gossa meg.

Synonyms

• golle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Swedish gosse (boy)

Noun

gosse m ‎(definite singular gossen, indefinite plural gossar, definite plural gossane)

1. young man, great guy

References

• “gosse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Unknown, connection to French gosse ‎(“child”) is uncertain.

Pronunciation

Noun

gosse c

1. boy

Declension

Synonyms

• pojke
• grabb
• kille
• ponke