Glas

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See also: glas, glás, and glas'

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch and German Glas.

Proper noun

Glas (plural Glases)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Glas is the 34758th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 650 individuals. Glas is most common among White (90.46%) individuals.

Further reading

Anagrams

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German glas, from Old High German glas, from Proto-West Germanic *glas, from Proto-Germanic *glasą. Cognate with German Glas, Dutch glas, English glass.

Pronunciation

Noun

Glas n (plural Gleser, diminutive Glesli)

  1. glass (material)
  2. glass (drinking vessel)
  3. pane of glass

Dutch

Etymology

From glas (“glass”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Glas

  1. a surname

German

Etymology

From Old High German glas, gles, from Proto-West Germanic *glas, from Proto-Germanic *glasą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰel- (“to shine, glimmer, glow”). Compare Low German Glas, Dutch glas, English glass, Icelandic gler.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡlaːs/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ɡlas/ (variant in Low German areas; but inflected forms always with a long vowel)
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  • Rhymes: -aːs, -as

Noun

Glas n (strong, genitive Glases, plural Gläser or Glas, diminutive Gläschen n or Gläslein n)

  1. (material) glass
  2. (container) glass
    • 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 36:
      Ein frisch gefülltes Glas Champagner stand vor ihm. Er trank es in einem Zug aus – mit Lust, fast mit Begier.
      A freshly filled glass of champaign was in front of him. He emptied it in one draught – with pleasure, almost with greed.
  3. (container) jar (made of glass)
    • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 31:
      So wurden im Garten noch die letzten Stachelbeeren und Himbeeren, wurden schon frühe Pflaumen und Pfirsiche gepflückt; in der Küche weckte Mamsell das viele Obst und Gemüse in unzähligen Gläsern ein; […]
      So even the last gooseberries and raspberries and already early plums and peaches were plucked in the garden; in the kitchen the housekeeper canned all this large amount of fruits and vegetables in countless jars;
  4. (amount of liquid) glass

Usage notes

  • The normal plural is Gläser.
  • The unchanged plural Glas can be used, alternatively, after numerals when referring to a quantity of drinks someone has drunk (or served, etc.): Mein Vater trinkt jeden Abend fünf Glas Bier. – “My father has five glasses of beer every evening.”

Declension

Declension of Glas
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Glas die Gläser, Glas
genitive eines des Glases der Gläser, Glas
dative einem dem Glas, Glase1 den Gläsern, Glas
accusative ein das Glas die Gläser, Glas

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Related terms

Noun

Glas n (mixed, genitive Glases, plural Glasen)

  1. (nautical) time stamp for half an hour

Declension

Declension of Glas
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Glas die Glasen
genitive eines des Glases der Glasen
dative einem dem Glas, Glase1 den Glasen
accusative ein das Glas die Glasen

1Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German glas, from Proto-West Germanic *glas, from Proto-Germanic *glasą. Cognate with German Glas, Dutch glas, English glass.

Pronunciation

Noun

Glas n (plural Glieser)

  1. (uncountable) glass (material)
  2. glass (drinking vessel)
  3. (plural Glas) glass (amount of liquid)
  4. jar (made of glass)

Further reading

  • Glas in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire
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