Maas
English
Usage notes
Usually used to distinguish the lower reaches of the river in the Netherlands as opposed to its upper course through France and Belgium.
Dutch
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /maːs/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Maas
- Rhymes: -aːs
- Homophone: maas
Proper noun
Maas f
- the Meuse (a major European river flowing through France, Belgium and the Netherlands).
Derived terms
- 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
- Mechelen-aan-de-Maas
- Monden van de Maas
- Nieuwe Maas
- Oude Maas
- Oude Maasdijk
- Peel en Maas
- Smeermaas
- Westmaas
- West Maas en Waal
- Zandmaas
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑːs/, [ˈmɑːs̠]
- Rhymes: -ɑːs
- Syllabification(key): Maas
Declension
| Inflection of Maas (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Maasitta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Maas (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Maasini | Maasimme |
| 2nd person | Maasisi | Maasinne |
| 3rd person | Maasinsa | |
German
Etymology 1
From Old High German Masa, from Proto-Germanic *Masō.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aːs
Proper noun
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
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