bassen
Meaning
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- (intransitive) to bark, like a dog (rarely in the sense of shouting)
- (intransitive) to produce a somewhat similar sound, notably as result of a cough
Hyphenated as
bas‧sen
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbɑsə(n)/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch bassen, probably onomatopoeic. Further etymology is unknown, there are no known cognates.
New
bas
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- (masculine) bass (instrument)
- (masculine) bass (low frequencies of sound)
- (masculine) bass (singing voice)
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