hos

Noun

hos

1. plural of ho
   • 2007, January 14, “Henry Alford”, in Books on Broadway‎:

     talkin’, talkin’ ’bout emperor’s children: ivy league pimps and hos.

Anagrams

• OHs, Osh, Soh, ohs, osh, sho, sho', soh

Etymology

Originally an unstressed form of hus (“house”) undergoing a development in meaning from "at someone's house" to "with someone" – analogous to the development of Latin casa (“house”) to French chez (“at (the house of)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hɔs]

Preposition

hos

1. at X's abode

   Vi var på besøg hos Ahmad.

   We visited Ahmad in his abode.

   Jeg sov hos en veninde.

   I slept at a friend's place.

2. in X's view; as X expresses it in their writings
   • 1877, Fredrik Petersen, Dr. Søren Kierkegaards Christendomsforkyndelse, page 544

     Maalet er hos Kierkegaard som hos Hegel et selvbevidst Liv, der af begge kaldes Aand, ...

     The goal, according to Kierkegaard is, as according to Hegel, a self-conscious life, which both of them call spirit/spirituality, ...

   • 2001, Sundhedsplejerske-institutionens dannelse: en kulturteoretisk og kulturhistorisk analyse af velfaerdsstatens embedsvaerk, Museum Tusculanum Press (ISBN 9788772896793), page 132

     Muligheden for at vælge forkert er hos Hegel til stede.

     The possibility of choosing wrong is present in the view that Hegel expresses.

   • 2015, Svend Brinkmann, Identitet, Klim (ISBN 9788771296150)

     Etik er derfor hos Foucault noget andet end moral, der er det filosofiske studium af gode, rigtige handlinger.

     In Foucault's writings, ethics is therefore different from morality, which is the philosophical study of good, right actions.

References

• “hos” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “hos” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Pronunciation

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Verb

hos

1. first-person singular present indicative of hossen
2. imperative of hossen

Noun

hos m

1. h-prothesized form of os

Pronoun

hōs

1. accusative masculine plural of hic

Etymology

Developed from hus.

Preposition

hos

1. at, by, with

References

• “hos” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

Developed from hus.

Preposition

hos

1. at, by, with

References

• “hos” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhoːs/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *hansō. Cognate with Old High German hansa.

Etymology 2

Etymology

Compare Old Swedish i hoss “close by, nearby”; probably from a weak form of Old Swedish hūs (“house”) (Swedish hus); cognate with Danish hos. Compare Icelandic hjá (“at, by”) from hjón (“married couple”), French chez (“to/at the house of”) from Latin casa (“house”) and Westrobothnian foss (“right away”) from fus, fos (“eager”).

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Noun

hos

1. indefinite genitive singular of ho

Preposition

hos

1. in the vicinity of
2. at someone's place or building, usually their home or workplace. Same as Icelandic hjá: Jag är hos djävulen (I am at the devil's place; I am in hell). Johan är hos sig (Johan is at his own place).
3. with someone (used instead of 'med' with a few static verbs, such as stay): Stanna hos mig! (Stay with me!).

Etymology

From English horse.

Noun

hos

1. horse