Brass

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See also: brass and bräss

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German bras (“din, racket”), related to prassen.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -as

Noun

Brass m (strong, genitive Brasses, no plural)

  1. (colloquial, regional) anger, outrage

Usage notes

  • The spelling Brass has been the prescribed spelling since the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform). In Switzerland and Liechtenstein, it had already been standard since ⟨ß⟩ was deprecated in the 1930s. In the affected areas, the previous spelling (Braß) is now less common, and may be regarded as a misspelling.

Declension

Declension of Brass
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein der Brass
genitive eines des Brasses
dative einem dem Brass, Brasse1
accusative einen den Brass

1Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

  • “Brass” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Brass” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Brass” in Duden online
  • Brass on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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