vass

See also: Vass, váss, and vass-

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German vaz, from Old High German faz, from Proto-Germanic *fatą (“vessel, container”). Cognate with German Fass, Dutch vat, English vat, Icelandic fat.

Noun

vass n (plural vèssar, diminutive vèssle)

  1. (Sette Comuni) vat, tub
    De baibar habent gabèsset au an vass gaplèttarakh. ― The women washed a tub of clothing.

Declension
Declension of vass – 3rd declension
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative an 's vass de vèssar
accusative an 's vass de vèssar
dative aname me vasse in vèssarn

References
  • “bass” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

vass

  1. imperative of vassa

Swedish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vas/
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Etymology 1

From Old Swedish hvas, from Old Norse hvǫss, hvass, from Proto-Germanic *hwassaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷh₁dstós.

Alternative forms

Adjective

vass (comparative vassare, superlative vassast)

  1. sharp (able to cut easily)
  2. (figuratively) sharp
    vass tunga
    sharp tongue
Declension
Inflection of vass
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular vass vassare vassast
Neuter singular vasst vassare vassast
Plural vassa vassare vassast
Masculine plural3 vasse vassare vassast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 vasse vassare vassaste
All vassa vassare vassaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish vas, from Proto-Germanic *wassaz, possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water, wet”).

Noun

vass c

  1. reed
  2. a clump of reeds
  3. reed bed
Declension
Declension of vass 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vass vassen vassar vassarna
Genitive vass vassens vassars vassarnas
Derived terms
  • vasspipa
  • vasstrå
  • vassbädd

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