Boss
German, noun/bɔs/
Boss is spelled B-O-S-S (4 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written German, the 5,161st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Boss is a German masculine noun meaning “boss (person in charge, supervisor)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Person in einer hohen Position, die anderen Mitarbeitern Anweisungen gibt: Vorgesetzter”.
What does Boss mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatoryinformalmasculineboss (person in charge, supervisor)
- 2
masculineboss
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Person in einer hohen Position, die anderen Mitarbeitern Anweisungen gibt: Vorgesetzter 2. eine Person mit viel Macht 3. starker Spielgegner
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Boss
- Bosses genitive
- Bosse plural
- Bossen dative definite plural
- Boß alternative
- Bossin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Boss?
- /bɔs/
- [bɔs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Boss
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Boss in German?
Boss appears 14 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).