Wasen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German wase, from Old High German waso (lawn, sod), from Proto-Germanic *wasô, *waisǭ (slime, muck). Cognate with Dutch waas, French gazon. See also Rasen.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Wasen m (strong, genitive Wasens, plural Wasen)

  1. (archaic) lawn, turf, sod
    Synonym: Rasen
    • 1982, Gudrun Embacher, Der Narr Wohlgemuth, Berg / Starnberger See: Hohenstaufen Verlag, →ISBN, page 180:
      Hinten im Wirtschaftshof kollerte ein Truthahn, der sehr nahe Ombrone zerrte ärgerlich murrend an den Uferrändern und unterwusch den Wasen und kaute große Stücke ab; es war kalt, die Bergketten des Apennin bis tief herunter verschneit, das Tal lehmgrau und da und dort auch düster grün, fast schmutziggrün, wo sich Pinien zu einem lockeren Wäldchen gesellten.
      Back in the yard a turkey gobbled, the very close Ombrone tore irately at the shores and undercut the lawn and gnawed off large chunks of it; it was cold, the mountain ranges of the Apennine snowy up to the very bottom, the valley clay-gray and here and there also of an eerie green tint, almost dirty-green, where pines join a sparse forest.
  2. wet meadow
    Synonym: Wiese

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Further reading

  • Wasen” in Duden online
  • Wasen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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