Aas
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "aas"
English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Aas
Anagrams
[edit]German
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle High German ās (“carrion, bait”), from Old High German *ās, from Proto-Germanic *ēsą. Later merged with Middle High German āz (“food”), from Old High German āz, from Proto-Germanic *ētą. Both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Aas n (strong, genitive Aases, plural Aase or Äser)
- (usually uncountable, collective, less often countable) carrion (perished animal, especially as food for scavengers)
- Synonyms: (countable) Kadaver, Tierleiche
- (archaic) bait
- Synonym: Köder
- (colloquial, mildly derogatory) a word for a person or animal, often implying insubordination and/or cunning, but also used affectionately for someone cheeky or shrewd
- ein raffiniertes, kleines Aas ― a cunning, little devil
Declension
[edit]Declension of Aas [neuter, strong]
Derived terms
[edit]Adjectives and verbs derived from Aas
Nouns derived from Aas
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Aas n
Further reading
[edit]- “Aas” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Aas” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Aas” in Duden online
- Aas on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Aas”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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