"Maas" meaning in German

See Maas in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /maːs/ Audio: De-Maas.ogg Forms: die Maas [canonical, feminine], der Maas [definite, genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Maas [definite, nominative, singular], Maas [definite, genitive, singular], Maas [dative, definite, singular], Maas [accusative, definite, singular]
Rhymes: -aːs Etymology: From Old High German Masa, from Proto-Germanic *Masō. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|goh|Masa}} Old High German Masa, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*Masō}} Proto-Germanic *Masō Head templates: {{de-proper noun|f.article}} die Maas f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Maas) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f.article.sg}}
  1. Meuse, Maas (a major river that flows about 901 km (560 mi) from France through Belgium and the Netherlands to the North Sea) Tags: definite, proper-noun, usually Categories (place): Places in Ardennes, France, Places in Belgium, Places in France, Places in Gelderland, Netherlands, Places in Grand Est, France, Places in Haute-Marne, France, Places in Limburg, Netherlands, Places in Meuse, France, Places in North Brabant, Netherlands, Places in South Holland, Netherlands, Places in Vosges, France, Places in the Netherlands, Rivers in Ardennes, France, Rivers in Belgium, Rivers in France, Rivers in Gelderland, Netherlands, Rivers in Grand Est, France, Rivers in Haute-Marne, France, Rivers in Limburg, Netherlands, Rivers in Meuse, France, Rivers in North Brabant, Netherlands, Rivers in South Holland, Netherlands, Rivers in Vosges, France, Rivers in the Netherlands Related terms: Rheinmaasländisch [noun], rheinmaasländisch [adjective]
    Sense id: en-Maas-de-name-vW9LGHmj Categories (other): Pages with entries, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 13 36 2 13 5 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 78 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{de-noun|n,ses,se}} Maas n (strong, genitive Maasses, plural Maasse) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,ses,se}} Forms: Maasses [genitive], Maasse [plural], strong [table-tags], Maas [nominative, singular], Maasse [definite, nominative, plural], Maasses [genitive, singular], Maasse [definite, genitive, plural], Maas [dative, singular], Maasse [dative, singular], Maassen [dative, definite, plural], Maas [accusative, singular], Maasse [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. Former spelling of Maß which is no longer standard. Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Maas-de-noun-umbaVRgQ Categories (other): German links with redundant alt parameters
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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    },
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      "form": "Maas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Maasse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,ses,se"
      },
      "expansion": "Maas n (strong, genitive Maasses, plural Maasse)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,ses,se"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German links with redundant alt parameters",
        "German superseded forms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Former spelling of Maß which is no longer standard."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Maß",
          "Maß#German"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Maas"
}

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