Base

See also: base, BASE, basé, and Báse

English

Etymology

From base (“short”).

Proper noun

Base

1. A surname transferred from the nickname.

Anagrams

• Abes, EABs, EBSA, baes, seba

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaːzə/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aːzə

Etymology 1

From Middle High German base, from Old High German basa, from Proto-West Germanic *baswā, from Proto-Germanic *baswǭ (“father's sister; paternal aunt”). Compare Saterland Frisian Bääsje (“grandmother”), Dutch baas (“master; boss”). More at boss.

Noun

Base f (genitive Base, plural Basen)

1. (archaic) A female cousin.

   Synonyms: Cousine, Kusine

   Coordinate term: Vetter

2. (obsolete) paternal aunt

   Synonyms: Tante väterlicherseits, Vaterschwester

   Coordinate term: Muhme

Declension

Declension of Base [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Base	die	Basen
genitive	einer	der	Base	der	Basen
dative	einer	der	Base	den	Basen
accusative	eine	die	Base	die	Basen

Derived terms

• Klatschbase

Etymology 2

19th c., backformation from Basen, plural of Basis, from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis).

Noun

Base f (genitive Base, plural Basen)

1. (chemistry) base (compound that will neutralize an acid)

Declension

Declension of Base [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Base	die	Basen
genitive	einer	der	Base	der	Basen
dative	einer	der	Base	den	Basen
accusative	eine	die	Base	die	Basen

Further reading

• “Base”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Base” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Base (Chemie)” in Duden online
• “Base (Verwandte)” in Duden online

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbase/ [ˈbaː.sɛ]
• Rhymes: -ase
• Syllabification: Ba‧se

Proper noun

Base (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐᜒ)

1. a surname

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Base is the 2,903^rd most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 4,318 individuals.