Ossi

/ ˈɒsɪ, ˈɔsi /

noun

1. informal,  a native, inhabitant, or citizen of that part of Germany that was formerly East Germany

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ossi¹

C20: from German ostdeutsch East German

Example Sentences

“In its natural environment, that kind of coloration doesn’t actually stand out that much,” says Ossi Nokelainen, a researcher at the University of Jyvaskyla in Finland.

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When he awakes, Ossi is sitting beside him, a real live woman.

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Lancelot, sleeping, dreams that Ossi has come to life, a vision that Lubitsch depicts in a superimposition while the real Ossi sidles up to him on the bed.

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"Cable Girls," final season "Isi & Ossi" "A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon"

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Isi is a privileged billionaire's daughter who makes a mutually beneficial arrangement with a working-class boxer, Ossi to date long enough to provoke her parents to her to pursue her dreams to become a chef.

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