Jass

See also: jass

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Jass, possibly a short form of a Slavic surname.

Proper noun

Jass (plural Jasses)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Jass is the 41164^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 529 individuals. Jass is most common among White (73.16%) and Hispanic/Latino (23.06%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Jass”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 245.

Alemannic German

Etymology

Of Dutch origin and probably related to jack.

Pronunciation

• (Zürich) IPA^(key): /jɑs/

Noun

Jass m (diminutive Jässli)

1. (card games) jass

Descendants

• → English: jass

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• Jaas (western Ripuarian)
• Gass (eastern Moselle Franconian)
• Gaß (western Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza, from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ (compare German Gasse).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jas/

Noun

Jass f (plural Jasse, diminutive Jässje)

1. (Ripuarian) lane, alley (small street)

Estonian

Proper noun

Jass

1. a male given name

Related terms

• Ants, Hannes, Hans, Jaan, Johan, Johannes, Juhan, Juho, Jukk, Juss

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Alemannic German Jass, from Dutch.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

Jass m (strong, genitive Jasses, no plural)

1. (card games) jass

Declension

Declension of Jass [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Jass
genitive	eines	des	Jasses
dative	einem	dem	Jass, Jasse1
accusative	einen	den	Jass

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• Jass on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Jass” in Duden online
• “Jass” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.