Polyglot Dictionary

los

/loːs/

adverb A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adv Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. wrong, the matter (was ist los?)

    "Was ist los?" — "What's wrong?" / "What's going on?" — one of the most common questions in everyday spoken German.

    • Was ist mit dir los?

      What's wrong with you?

  2. off, go (as a call to start)

    spoken, as an interjection

Practice

1 What does los mean?

2 Fill the gap: Was ist mit dir ___?

3 Which fingerprint chart matches los?

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