Aas

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See also: ås, aas, AAs, AAS, and áas

English

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Proper noun

Aas

  1. A village in southwest France, in the Ossau valley of the Pyrenees.
  2. A surname from Norwegian.

Anagrams

German

Etymology 1

From Middle High German ās, partly from Old High German *ās, from Proto-Germanic *ēsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”) (from which also essen), and partly from Old High German āz (“carrion, feed, food”), from Proto-Germanic *ētą (“food, carrion”).

Pronunciation

Noun

Aas n (strong, genitive Aases, plural Aase or Äser)

  1. carrion
  2. bait
  3. (colloquial) beast, devil
    ein raffiniertes/kleines Aas ― a cunning/little devil
  4. (slang) sod, bugger
Declension
Declension of Aas
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Aas die Aase, Äser
genitive eines des Aases der Aase, Äser
dative einem dem Aas, Aase1 den Aasen, Äsern
accusative ein das Aas die Aase, Äser

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms
Adjectives and verbs derived from Aas
Nouns derived from Aas

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Aas n

  1. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) genitive singular of Aa

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