Bosse

See also: bosse, bossé, bøsse, and boße

English

Etymology

Various origins:

• Borrowed from French Bosse or Bossé, a nickname for a hunchback, from bosse (“bump, hump”).
• Borrowed from South German Bosse, a pet form of the personal name Burkhard.
• Borrowed from Dutch Bosse, a variant of Bosch.

Proper noun

Bosse (plural Bosses)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bosse is the 8222^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4036 individuals. Bosse is most common among White (90.26%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bosse”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 201.

French

Proper noun

Bosse ?

1. a surname

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔsə/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Bos‧se

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bosse (“bump, hump”).

Noun

Bosse f (genitive Bosse, plural Bossen)

1. bossage

Declension

Declension of Bosse [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Bosse	die	Bossen
genitive	einer	der	Bosse	der	Bossen
dative	einer	der	Bosse	den	Bossen
accusative	eine	die	Bosse	die	Bossen

Derived terms

• bossieren

Etymology 2

Noun

Bosse

1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Boss

Swedish

Etymology

Affix of Bo +‎ -s (“genitive”) +‎ s (“gemination”) +‎ -e (“hypocoristic suffix”).

Compare with Swedish male hypocoristic forming.

Proper noun

Bosse c (genitive Bosses)

1. a diminutive of the male given name Bo
   • 1997, Majgull Axelsson, Aprilhäxan, Pan, published 2006, →ISBN, page 126:

     Bakom dem flockades deras familjer: var sin hustru - Bitte för Stig, Anita för Gunnar - och sammanlagt fem vattenkammade söner i olika storlekar. Alla bar de den nya tidens sladdriga namn: Bosse, Kjelle, Lasse, Olle och Ante.

     Behind them, their families gathered: each with a wife - Bitte for Stig, Anita for Gunnar - and a total of five well-groomed sons of various sizes. They all carried the casual names of the new era: Bosse, Kjelle, Lasse, Olle, and Ante.