Fass

See also: fass and Faß

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• Faß (archaic)

Etymology

Cognate to German Faß.

Noun

Fass n (plural Fässer, diminutive Fässli)

1. barrel, keg, cask

German

Alternative forms

• Faß (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle High German vaz, from Old High German faz, from Proto-West Germanic *fat. Cognate with Dutch vat, English vat, fat (which see).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fas/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -as

Noun

Fass n (strong, genitive Fasses, plural Fässer or (optionally after numerals) Fass, diminutive Fässchen n)

1. barrel, keg, cask

Usage notes

• The spelling Fass has been the prescribed spelling since the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform). In Switzerland and Liechtenstein, it had already been standard since ⟨ß⟩ was deprecated in the 1930s. In the affected areas, the previous spelling (Faß) is now less common, and may be regarded as a misspelling.

Declension

Declension of Fass [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Fass	die	Fässer, Fass2
genitive	eines	des	Fasses	der	Fässer, Fass2
dative	einem	dem	Fass, Fasse1	den	Fässern, Fass2
accusative	ein	das	Fass	die	Fässer, Fass2

¹Now rare, see notes.
²Optionally after numerals.

Hyponyms

• Bierfass
• Holzfass
• Metallfass
• Ölfass
• Pulverfass
• Regenwasserfass
• Tintenfass
• Wasserfass
• Weihrauchfass
• Weinfass
• Whiskyfass

 

Related terms

• das Fass zum Überlaufen bringen
• dem Fass den Boden ausschlagen
• Fass ohne Boden
• Fassbier
• Fassbinder
• Fassboden
• Fassbombe
• Fassbrause
• Fassbutter
• Fassdaube
• Tropfen, der das Fass zum Überlaufen bringt

 

See also

• fassen
• Böttcher, Küfer
• Bütt, Tonne

Further reading

• “Fass” in Duden online
• “Fass” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache