barse

Meaning

The perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch.

Synonyms

European perch

Translations

Barsch

Seebarsch

Wolfsbarsch

πέρκα

loup

🐺

spigola

zeebaars

robalo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɑːs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: bars

Inherited from Old English: bærs

Cognate with Dutch: baars

Cognate with German: Barsch

In summary

From Middle English bars, from Old English bærs (“a fish, perch”), from Proto-West Germanic *bars, from Proto-Germanic *barsaz (“perch”, literally “prickly”). Cognate with Dutch baars (“perch, bass”), German Barsch (“perch”). More at bass (“fish”).