"Ossi" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɔsi/, /ˈɔzi/, /ˈœzi/ Audio: De-Ossi.ogg
Etymology: Originally a humorous reinterpretation of English Aussie (“Australian person”) based on German Osten (“east”) + -i. The English word is not widely known in Germany, however. Etymology templates: {{der|de|en|Aussie||Australian person}} English Aussie (“Australian person”), {{suf|de||i}} + -i Head templates: {{de-noun|m,s:-,s}} Ossi m (strong, genitive Ossis or Ossi, plural Ossis), {{de-noun|f􂀿referring to a female􂁀,s}} Ossi (referring to a female) f (genitive Ossi, plural Ossis) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,s:-,s}}, {{de-ndecl|f􂀿referring to a female􂁀,s}} Forms: Ossis [genitive], Ossi [genitive], Ossis [plural], Ossi [genitive], Ossis [plural], strong [table-tags], Ossi [nominative, singular], Ossis [definite, nominative, plural], Ossis [genitive, singular], Ossi [genitive, singular], Ossis [definite, genitive, plural], Ossi [dative, singular], Ossis [dative, definite, plural], Ossi [accusative, singular], Ossis [accusative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Ossi [nominative, singular], Ossis [definite, nominative, plural], Ossi [genitive, singular], Ossis [definite, genitive, plural], Ossi [dative, singular], Ossis [dative, definite, plural], Ossi [accusative, singular], Ossis [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (colloquial, possibly mildly offensive, Germany) Easterner; a person from (former) East Germany; now sometimes including West Berlin Tags: Germany, colloquial, feminine, masculine, mildly, offensive, possibly, strong Synonyms: Ostdeutscher, ;, Ostmann, ;, DDR-Bürger Derived forms: Ossiland Related terms: Osten, -i, DDR, Ostdeutschland, Wessi, Zoni
    Sense id: en-Ossi-de-noun--jS-tnBv Categories (other): German German, German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -i, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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