Ass

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ass"

German

Alternative forms

• Aß (plural: Asse or Aß; sense: ace)

Etymology

Borrowed from French as.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔas/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -as

Noun

Ass n (strong, genitive Asses, plural Asse or Ässer)

1. (card games) ace (a playing card)
2. a person who is extremely good at (at least) one discipline

   Fliegerass

   flying ace

3. (tennis) ace
4. (golf) hole in one

Declension

Declension of Ass [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Ass	die	Asse, Ässer
genitive	eines	des	Asses	der	Asse, Ässer
dative	einem	dem	Ass, Asse1	den	Assen, Ässern
accusative	ein	das	Ass	die	Asse, Ässer

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

• Kreuzass, Pikass, Herzass, Karoass
• Fliegerass

Further reading

• “Ass (Spielkarte, Bester, Ball)” in Duden online
• “Ass” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Ass” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• Ass on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑs/

Noun

Ass m (plural Assen)

1. ace, master
2. (card games) ace

   Synonym: Äss

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

Ass m (definite singular Assen, indefinite plural Asser, definite plural Assene)

1. Alternative letter-case form of ass

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

Ass m (definite singular Assen, indefinite plural Assar, definite plural Assane)

1. Alternative letter-case form of ass