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Maas

Maas

See also: maas, mås, and maaş

English

Proper noun

Maas

  1. The Meuse, a major European river.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maːs/
  • Rhymes: -aːs

Etymology

From Middle Dutch Mase, from Old Dutch *Masa, from Proto-Germanic *Masō. Dutch is one of the few languages in which the Germanic name survives directly; most other languages have borrowed the name from Dutch or from a Romance language.

Proper noun

Maas f

  1. the Meuse (major European river)

Finnish

Etymology

From Dutch Maas.

Proper noun

Maas

  1. the Meuse (major European river)

Declension

Inflection of Maas (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Maas
genitive Maasin
partitive Maasia
illative Maasiin
singular plural
nominative Maas
accusative nom. Maas
gen. Maasin
genitive Maasin
partitive Maasia
inessive Maasissa
elative Maasista
illative Maasiin
adessive Maasilla
ablative Maasilta
allative Maasille
essive Maasina
translative Maasiksi
instructive
abessive Maasitta
comitative

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German

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *Masō, probably via Old High German Masa.[1]

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aːs

Proper noun

Maas f (genitive Maas)

  1. the Meuse (major European river)
    • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:Maas.

References

  1. Albrecht Greule, Deutsches Gewässernamenbuch: Etymologie der Gewässernamen (2014)

Etymology 2

Noun

Maas n

  1. Obsolete spelling of Maß
    das Maas der Strafe

Swedish

Etymology

From Dutch Maas.

Proper noun

Maas

  1. the Meuse (major European river)

maas

maas

See also: Maas, mås, and maaş

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • enPR: mäs, IPA(key): /mɑːs/

Noun

maas (uncountable)

  1. (South Africa) Sour milk.

Etymology 2

From the verb to maa

Pronunciation

  • enPR: mäz, IPA(key): /mɑːz/

Verb

maas

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of maa

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Tetum

Verb

maas

  1. to yawn