Baas

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From baas (“boss”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Baas

  1. a surname

French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic بَعْث (baʕṯ).

Proper noun[edit]

Baas m

  1. (politics) the Baath

Derived terms[edit]

German Low German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Low German bās (“supervisor, foreman”), probably from Old Saxon *baso, from Proto-West Germanic *baswō, from Proto-Germanic *baswô (“uncle”).

Noun[edit]

Baas m (plural Basen)

  1. boss

Pennsylvania German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Dutch baas ("boss, employer"), English boss and Middle Low German bās ("foreman, supervisor").

Noun[edit]

Baas m

  1. boss[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ https://archive.org/details/commonsensepenns01lins
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