Ossi

ossi ossi- o̱ssi Finnish Etymology From a diminutive of fi Ossian, fi gmq-osw Oswald, fi Oskari and fi Osmo; possibly in eastern Finland also of fi Joosef (compare ru Осип). Pronunciation Proper noun fi male fi Finnish given names Declension Oss a Statistics dvv_20250813 5656 1251 114 dvv_20250813 124 References German Etymology From a de Osten east 1 de -i. The form de Ossi (instead of de *Osti) might suggest a humorous reinterpretation of de en Aussie Australian person, although this word has not been widely known in Germany. de Pronunciation de /ˈɔsi/ normal de De-Ossi.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de /ˈɔzi/ /ˈœzi/ with a mock Upper Saxon accent; more pejorative Noun m,s:-[rare],s Ossi,Ossifrau f[referring to a female],s de colloquial possibly mildly _ offensive Germany Easterner; a person from (former) East Germany; now sometimes including West Berlin de Ostdeutscher Zoni<q:dated, pejorative> Ostmann<q:uncommon> DDR-Bürger<q:historical, officialese> de Wessi Declension m,s:-,s f,s Derived terms de ossihaft Ossiland Ossitum Proper noun m.sg der Ossi de Named roads Nicknames for places de colloquial de The expressway Ostwestfalendamm in <<city/Bielefeld>> de OWD Declension m.sg See also de Ostdeutschland de Ösi de Wessi Further reading Ossi_Ostdeutscher Ossi_Ostdeutsche Ossi (feminine) de People