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Moos

German, noun/moːs/

Moos is spelled M-O-O-S (4 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written German, the 15,068th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Moos is a German neuter noun meaning “moss” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “wurzellose Sporenpflanze mit Generationswechsel, die in ihrem Aufbau simpel und kaum gegliedert ist”.

What does Moos mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    neutermoss

  2. 2

    neuterbryophyte (group of moss-like plants)

  3. 3

    AustriaSwitzerlandneuterbog; fen; marsh

noun

  1. 1

    neuterslangdosh, dough

    Ohne Moos nix los!

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. wurzellose Sporenpflanze mit Generationswechsel, die in ihrem Aufbau simpel und kaum gegliedert ist 2. immergrüne, polsterbildende Moospflanzen, die hauptsächlich an feuchten, schattigen Stellen den Boden, Baumstämme, Steine oder Ähnliches überziehen 3. mooriges, sumpfiges Landschaftsgebiet

noun: 1. Geld

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 Moos

  • Mooses genitive
  • Moose plural
  • Möser plural
  • Moosen dative definite plural
  • Mösern dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Moos?

  • /moːs/
  • [moːs]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Moos

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Moos in German?

Moos appears 3.8 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).

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