Faß
Alemannic German edit
Noun edit
Faß
References edit
- Aus dem Wiesenthale. Gedichte von Georg Uehlin. Schopfheim, 1869, p. 15
Central Franconian edit
Alternative forms edit
- Faaß (Colognian Academy spelling)
Etymology edit
From Middle High German vaz, from Old High German faz, from Proto-West Germanic *fat.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Faß n (plural Fäßer or Faßer, diminutive Fäßje or Fäßche)
- (most dialects) barrel, vat, keg, especially for liquids
- Synonym: (especially for solids) Tonn
- 1996, “10 Liter Kölsch”[1]performed by Filue:
- Als sich dat römjesproche hät, do wood vill diskutiert,
Ob dat Kölsch jedronke weed oder analysiert,
Dermet mer Neues maache kann – do ha’ mir vier jesat:
Rusemondaach weed dat Faß en Kölle opjemaht!- When word got around, there was a lot of discussion
Whether that Kölsch beer should be drunk or analysed,
So that new beer could be made – but the four of us said:
On Carnival Monday that keg will be opened in Cologne!
- When word got around, there was a lot of discussion
German edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -as
Noun edit
Faß n (strong, genitive Fasses, plural Fässer)
- Formerly standard spelling of Fass which was deprecated in the spelling reform (Rechtschreibreform) of 1996 .