Biss

biss biß Biß English + (surname) Alternative forms en Beese Etymology Two main origins: English surname from en enm bis dark, murky, gray, an adjective related to fr bis beige and it bigio ash gray, dun. en de Biss bite, a nickname for a cutting, sarcastic person. Proper noun + en German,Middle English,nicknames. en Alisha Ebrahimji, Emma Tucker Chicago-area mayor says federal agents teargassed him at a protest outside an ICE facility w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/19/us/ice-chicago-protests-broadview 2025-09-19 A Democratic mayor running for Congress in Illinois, Daniel Biss posted video Friday from a protest outside an ICE facility near Chicago where he said he was teargassed. https://web.archive.org/web/20260414132042/https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/19/us/ice-chicago-protests-broadview 14 April 2026 Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Biss is the 30222nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 775 individuals. Biss is most common among White (96.13%) individuals. Further reading German Alternative forms de Biß superseded Etymology de ine-pro *bʰeyd- From de gmh biȥ, from de goh biȥ, from de gmw-pro *biti, from de gem-pro *bitiz, from de ine-pro *bʰeyd- to split. Cognate with ang bite. In nl beet, en bit, this word has been merged with gem-pro *bitô, whence de Bissen. (Modern en bite is a new derivation from the verb.) Pronunciation de /bɪs/ de De-Biss.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de bis de ɪs 1 Noun m chen,lein,erl bite instance or way of biting; wound from biting Usage notes 1996 Biß 1 Declension m Hyponyms de Gewissensbiss, de Hundebiss, de Käferbiss, de Katzenbiss, de Pferdebiss, de Schlangenbiss, de Zeckenbiss Derived terms de Bisschen, de Bisslein, de Bissel, de Bisserl de bissig, de bissle Related terms de Bisswunde, de Bissnarbe Further reading