aas

• IPA^(key): /aːs/

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• Hyphenation: aas
• Rhymes: -aːs

From Middle Dutch âes, from Old Dutch ās, from Proto-Germanic *ēsaz.

aas n (uncountable)

1. bait
2. carrion

• aaseter
• aasgier
• aaskever
• aasvlieg
• aasvogel
• lokaas

• Afrikaans: aas
• → Sranan Tongo: asi

From earlier ase, from Middle Dutch aes, from Old French as, from Latin as.

aas m or n (plural azen, diminutive aasje n)

1. ace (playing cards)
2. (obsolete) unit of mass corresponding to approximately 0.05 grams
3. (obsolete) ace, any very small amount

• Afrikaans: aas

• asa

From a Baltic language. Compare Old Prussian ansis (“hook, latch”) and Latvian osa. Cognate to Finnish ansa and Votic aasa.

aas (genitive aasa, partitive aasa)

1. loop, noose, a simple knot
2. a U-shaped fastener made of metal

Possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric [Term?]. Compare Hungarian aszó, aszik. Alternatively the same root as in etymology 1, with the word originally meaning "meander".

aas (genitive aasa, partitive aasa)

1. lea, meadow

aas m

1. plural of aa

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• Rhymes: -aːs

aas

1. Imperative singular of aasen.
2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of aasen.

aas f pl

1. Obsolete spelling of às

IPA^(key): /ʔàːs/

aas

1. tree

From Old Norse áss, from Proto-Germanic *ansaz.

aas m

1. Beam, woodcut.
2. Axletree.

• broås m (“beam in a bridge”)
• krappas m (“roof ridge”)
• tjärras m (“beam the wagon axle sits in”)