Ass

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German

Alternative forms

  • Aß (plural: Asse or Aß; sense: ace)

Etymology

Borrowed from French as.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔas/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -as

Noun

Ass n (strong, genitive Asses, plural Asse or Ässer)

  1. (card games) ace (a playing card)
  2. a person who is extremely good at (at least) one discipline
    Fliegerass
    flying ace
  3. (tennis) ace
  4. (golf) hole in one

Declension

Declension of Ass
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Ass die Asse, Ässer
genitive eines des Asses der Asse, Ässer
dative einem dem Ass, Asse1 den Assen, Ässern
accusative ein das Ass die Asse, Ässer

1Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

Further reading

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

Noun

Ass m (plural Assen)

  1. ace, master
  2. (card games) ace

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

Ass m (definite singular Assen, indefinite plural Asser, definite plural Assene)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of ass

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

Ass m (definite singular Assen, indefinite plural Assar, definite plural Assane)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of ass
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