Männlich
Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. (masculine) boss, chief, superior
  2. (masculine) employer, manager
  3. (Belgium, masculine) strong or tough guy
  4. (masculine) boss
  5. (figuratively, masculine) master, expert (at something)
  6. (figuratively, masculine) whopper, large one (of its kind)
  7. (diminutive, masculine) fellow, boy, especially a youngling or novice

Frequenz

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Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/baːs/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

Inherited from Middle Dutch baes (“master of a household, friend”), from Old Dutch *baso (“uncle, kinsman”), from Proto-West Germanic *baswō, from Proto-Germanic *baswô. Cognates include Middle Low German bās (“supervisor, foreman”), Old Frisian bas (“master”); possibly also Old High German basa ("father's sister, cousin"; > German Base (“aunt, cousin”)).

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