hos.
at someone's place or building, usually their home or workplace. Same as Icelandic hjá.
Meaning & usage
at someone's place or building, usually their home or workplace. Same as Icelandic hjá.
Jag är hos djävulen.
Johan är hos sig.
with someone (used instead of med with a few static verbs, such as stay)
Stanna hos mig!
Where this word comes from
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”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.