basse in Swedish

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Etymology: From Old Norse bassi (“bear”). Compare bjässe, buse. Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|non|bassi||bear}} Old Norse bassi (“bear”) Head templates: {{head|sv|noun}} basse Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], basse [indefinite, nominative, singular], basses [genitive, indefinite, singular], bassen [definite, nominative, singular], bassens [definite, genitive, singular], bassar [indefinite, nominative, plural], bassars [genitive, indefinite, plural], bassarna [definite, nominative, plural], bassarnas [definite, genitive, plural]

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      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "non",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "bear"
      },
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    }
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "basse",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "basses",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bassen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bassens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bassar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bassars",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bassarna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bassarnas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "basse",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "vildbasse"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a big, strong man, a big thing"
      ],
      "id": "en-basse-sv-noun-vXEsCBGw",
      "links": [
        [
          "big",
          "big"
        ],
        [
          "strong",
          "strong"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "basse"
}

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    {
      "word": "vildbasse"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "non",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "bear"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "basse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "basses",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bassen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bassens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bassar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bassars",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bassarna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bassarnas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "2": "noun"
      },
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a big, strong man, a big thing"
      ],
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        [
          "big",
          "big"
        ],
        [
          "strong",
          "strong"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "basse"
}

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  "msg": "inflection table outside part-of-speech",
  "path": [
    "basse"
  ],
  "section": "Swedish",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "basse",
  "trace": ""
}

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"basse" meaning in Swedish

Noun

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