Maas
English edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch Maas or German Maas.
Proper noun edit
Maas
- A major river in Europe, the Meuse, known as the Maas in the Netherlands.
Usage notes edit
Usually used to distinguish the lower reaches of the river in the Netherlands as opposed to its upper course through France and Belgium.
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Maas f
- The Meuse, a major European river flowing through France, Belgium and the Netherlands. In the Netherlands the river flows through the provinces of Limburg, Gelderland, Noord-Brabant and Zuid-Holland.
Derived terms edit
- Afgedamde Maas
- Berg aan de Maas
- Bergsche Maas
- Binnenbedijkte Maas
- Brielse Maas
- Geulle aan de Maas
- Grensmaas
- Grindmaas
- Horst aan de Maas
- Maasband
- Maasbommel
- Maasbracht
- Maasbree
- Maasdal
- Maasdam
- Maasdijk
- Maasdonk
- Maasdriel
- Maaseik
- Maasgouw
- Maashees
- Maashorst
- Maasland
- Maasmechelen
- Maasniel
- Maassluis
- Maasstad
- Maastricht
- Maasvaart
- Maaswater
- Manhattan aan de Maas
- Mechelen-aan-de-Maas
- Monden van de Maas
- Nieuwe Maas
- Oude Maas
- Oude Maasdijk
- Peel en Maas
- Smeermaas
- West Maas en Waal
- Westmaas
- Zandmaas
Proper noun edit
Maas
- a surname
East Central German edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle High German meise, from Old High German meisa, from Proto-West Germanic *maisā, from Proto-Germanic *maisǭ (“chickadee”).
Noun edit
Maas f (plural Maasn)
- (Erzgebirgisch) chickadee, tit (small passerine bird of the genus Parus or the family Paridae)
Derived edit
Etymology 2 edit
From German Mais, from Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi.
Noun edit
Maas m
- (Erzgebirgisch) maize; corn (US)
- Synonym: Gokeritz
Further reading edit
- 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 83:
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Maas
Declension edit
Inflection of Maas (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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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 | — | ||
abessive | Maasitta | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Anagrams edit
German edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old High German Masa, from Proto-Germanic *Masō.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
die Maas f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Maas)
- Meuse (a major river in France, Belgium and the Netherlands)
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Maas.
Declension edit
Related terms edit
- Rheinmaasländisch (subst.) / rheinmaasländisch (adj.)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
Maas n (strong, genitive Maasses, plural Maasse)
- Former spelling of Maß which is no longer standard.
Declension edit
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch Maas or German Maas.
Proper noun edit
Maas c (genitive Maas)