Os
German, noun
Os is spelled O-S (2 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,647th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Os is a German neuter noun meaning “os, bone (bone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of O. In lower case, os is a different word: “plural of o”. On this page, ös is a different word: “plural of ö”. With an umlaut, Ös is a different word: “plural of Ö”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “wallförmige Sedimentation von Schotter und Sand unterhalb oder in Spalten von Gletschern”.
What does Os mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuteros, bone (bone)
noun
- 1
neuteros, an opening
noun
- 1
masculineneuterridge
noun
- 1
plural of O
suffix
- 1
A suffix, sometimes matching -ous.
noun
- 1
plural of o
noun
- 1
plural of ö
noun
- 1
plural of Ö
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. wallförmige Sedimentation von Schotter und Sand unterhalb oder in Spalten von Gletschern
noun: 1. Knochen
suffix: 1. beschaffen wie, gleichend, ähnelnd
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 Os
- Ossa plural
- Ora plural
- Oser plural
- Osern dative definite plural
- Ås variant
- Oses genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Os
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Os in German?
Os appears 11 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).