Voss

See also: vôs and Vöss

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vɒs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /vɔs/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /vɑs/
• Rhymes: -ɒs, -ɔːs

Proper noun

Voss

1. A surname.
2. A municipality in Vestland, Norway, previously in the county of Hordaland.
3. An unincorporated community in Walsh County, North Dakota, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Coleman County, Texas, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Voss is the 1,719^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 20,911 individuals. Voss is most common among White (93.68%) individuals.

Anagrams

• SOVs, sovs

Danish

Proper noun

Voss

1. a surname from English

German Low German

Alternative forms

• Foß, Voß

Etymology

From Middle Low German vos, from Old Saxon fohs, fuhs, from Proto-West Germanic *fuhs, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz. More at English fox.

Noun

Voss m (plural Vöss or Vossen)

1. fox

Derived terms

• Polarvoss
• Roodvoss

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Voss

1. A municipality of Hordaland, Norway.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse Vǫrs f, from Proto-Germanic *Warsō, *Warusō, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vosː/, [ʋɞ̞sː]

Proper noun

Voss

1. A municipality and district of Hordaland, Norway

Usage notes

Voss is one of three (four until 2020) municipalities that still use the word herad in their official names, as opposed to the French-derived kommune, which replaced the former term in September of 1992.

The Granvin municipality was merged into Voss municipality on January the 1st, 2020.

Derived terms

• vossa-
• vossakorv
• vossamål
• Vossavangen
• Vossastrond, Vossastrand
• vossing

Related terms

• voss m (“man from Voss”)
• vosse, vossa f (“woman from Voss”)
• Vosso (river)