Masculine

Rasen

Meaning

  1. (masculine, strong) lawn
  2. (masculine, strong) turf

Frequency

C1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

raase

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

waase

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈraːzən/
Etymology

In summary

From north-eastern Middle High German rase, probably from Middle Low German wrāse (“sod, turf”), though the two could also be cognate forms. Further origin presumably a variant of Middle Low German wāse, from Old Saxon waso, from Proto-West Germanic *wasō (“moisture, slime, muck”) which has been inherited as German Wasen. The intermitting r might be due to influence from dialectal forms of Brodem (“haze, fume”), notably Bratten, Wraten, Frādem, Frātem, Frāsem.

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