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stoss

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables
stoss
IPA
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Facing towards the flow of a glacier or fluid.

adj

Facing towards the flow of a glacier or fluid.

name

A mountain pass and locality in Appenzell Innerrhoden canton and Appenzell Ausserrhoden canton, Switzerland.

Etymology

Borrowed from German stoss-, from stossen (“to push”). Further from Proto-Germanic *stautaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- (extended from *(s)tew-).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *(s)tewd-, stoss-, *stautaną

Phrases

stoss therapy

Antonyms

lee

Questions

What does stoss mean?
Facing towards the flow of a glacier or fluid.
Where does stoss come from?
It is traced to German.

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