Masse

See also: masse, Massé, massé, mâsse, Maße, mäße, and mæsse

English

Etymology

From French Masse or French Massé. See also Mace.

Proper noun

Masse (plural Masses)

1. A surname from French.

Translations

Translations

• French: Masse (fr), Massé (fr)

See also

• Mace

 

Anagrams

• MASes, Sesma, amess, mases, mesas, same's, seams

French

Etymology

• From the noun masse (“mace”).
• Several other origins; see Mace.

Proper noun

Masse ?

1. a surname, Masse, equivalent to English Mace

Descendants

• English: Masse

See also

• Massé

 

German

Etymology 1

From Middle High German masse, from Late Old High German massa, from Latin massa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmasə/
• Rhymes: -asə

• Audio (Austria):

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Noun

Masse f (genitive Masse, plural Massen)

1. mass (quantity of matter)

   eher Masse als Klasse ― quantity rather than quality

2. matter
3. (electricity) ground

Declension

Declension of Masse [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Masse	die	Massen
genitive	einer	der	Masse	der	Massen
dative	einer	der	Masse	den	Massen
accusative	eine	die	Masse	die	Massen

Derived terms

• Klasse statt Masse
• Knochenmasse
• massenhaft
• Massenmedium
• Massenkommunikation

Descendants

• → Danish: masse

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːsə/
• Rhymes: -aːsə

Noun

Masse

1. Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of Maße.

Further reading

• “Masse” in Duden online
• “Masse” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmasə/

Noun

Masse f

1. plural of Mass