Tasse

See also: tasse, tassé, and tâsse

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French tasse, from Arabic طَاس‎ (ṭās) (a shortening of طَسْت‎ (ṭast)), from Middle Persian tšt' (tašt), ultimately from the past participle of the Proto-Iranian verb *taš- (“to make, construct; to cut”). Cognate with dialectal English tass (“cup”), Dutch tas (“cup”), Hunsrik Tass.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtasə/, [ˈtʰasə]
  • Rhymes: -asə
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Noun

Tasse f (genitive Tasse, plural Tassen, diminutive Tässchen n)

  1. cup with a handle

Declension
Declension of Tasse
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Tasse die Tassen
genitive einer der Tasse der Tassen
dative einer der Tasse den Tassen
accusative eine die Tasse die Tassen

Derived terms
  • Barttasse
  • Brausetasse
  • Cappuccinotasse
  • Duschtasse
  • Espressotasse
  • Frühstückstasse
  • Glastasse
  • Glühweintasse
  • Grogtasse
  • Kaffeetasse
  • Kakaotasse
  • Keramiktasse
  • Kühlturmtasse
  • Kunststofftasse
  • Lerntasse
  • Menstasse
  • Menstruationstasse
  • Mokkatässchen
  • Mokkatasse
  • Mondtasse
  • Nierentasse
  • Obertasse
  • Plastiktasse
  • Porzellantasse
  • Sammeltasse
  • Schnabeltasse
  • Suppentasse
  • Tassenboden
  • tassenförmig
  • Tassenhenkel
  • Tassenlöffel
  • Tassenohr
  • Tassenohrdeformität
  • Tassenrand
  • Tassenständer
  • Tassenstößel
  • Tassenunterlage
  • tassenweise
  • Teetasse
  • Untertasse
  • Wassertasse

Descendants

Further reading
  • “Tasse” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Tasse in Duden online
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