Aas

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aas"

English

Etymology

• The place in France is from Occitan Aas, from Basque/Aquitanian aitz (“ridge, rocky point”).
• As a Norwegian and Swedish surname, from the noun ås (“ridge”).

Proper noun

Aas

1. A village in southwest France, in the Ossau valley of the Pyrenees.
2. A surname from Norwegian.

References

• Michel Grosclaude (préf. Pierre Bec), Dictionnaire toponymique des communes du Béarn, Pau, Escòla Gaston Febus, février 1991, 416 p.

Anagrams

• ASA, Asa, SAA

German

Etymology

From Middle High German ās (“carrion, bait”), from Old High German *ās, from Proto-Germanic *ēsą. Later merged with Middle High German āȥ (“food”), from Old High German āȥ, from Proto-West Germanic *āt, from Proto-Germanic *ētą. Both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːs/

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -aːs
• Homophone: aß

Noun

Aas n (strong, genitive Aases, plural Aase or Äser)

1. (usually uncountable, collective, less often countable) carrion (perished animal, especially as food for scavengers)

   Synonyms: (countable) Kadaver, Tierleiche

2. (archaic) bait

   Synonym: Köder

3. (colloquial, mildly derogatory) a word for a person or animal, often implying insubordination and/or cunning, but also used affectionately for someone cheeky or shrewd

   ein raffiniertes, kleines Aas ― a cunning, little devil

Declension

Declension of Aas [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Aas	die	Aase, Äser
genitive	eines	des	Aases	der	Aase, Äser
dative	einem	dem	Aas, Aase1	den	Aasen, Äsern
accusative	ein	das	Aas	die	Aase, Äser

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Adjectives and verbs derived from Aas

• aasen
• aasfarbig
• aasfressend
• aasig

Nouns derived from Aas

• Aasbande
• Aasblume
• Aasfliege
• Aasfresser
• Aasgeier
• Aasgeld
• Aasgeruch
• Aasgestank
• Aasinsekt
• Aasjagd
• Aasjäger
• Aasjägerei
• Aaskäfer
• Aaskrähe
• Aasseite
• Aasvogel

Further reading

• “Aas”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Aas” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Aas” in Duden online
• Aas on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Aas”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891