Gras

See also: gras, GRAS, graś, grás, grãs, gräs, and Graś

English

Etymology

Several etymologies:

• Borrowed from French Gras, a nickname for a stout person, from gras (“fat”)
• Borrowed from Catalan Gras, from gras (“fat, stout”)
• Borrowed from German Gras, variant of the surname Grass

Proper noun

Gras (plural Grases)

1. A surname from French.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gras is the 34758^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 650 individuals. Gras is most common among White (80.0%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gras”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 77.

Anagrams

• ARGs, GARs, Gars, args, gars, rags

Alemannic German

Noun

Gras n (plural Gräser, diminutive Gräsli)

1. Alternative form of Graas

German

Etymology

From Middle High German gras, from Old High German gras, from Proto-West Germanic *gras, from Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁- (“grow, become green”). Compare Low German Gras, Dutch gras, English grass, Danish græs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁaːs/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ɡʁas/ (variant in Low German areas; but inflected forms always with a long vowel)
• Rhymes: -aːs, -as

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Noun

Gras n (strong, genitive Grases, plural Gräser)

1. grass (plant)
2. (informal) weed, marijuana

Declension

Declension of Gras [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Gras	die	Gräser
genitive	eines	des	Grases	der	Gräser
dative	einem	dem	Gras, Grase1	den	Gräsern
accusative	ein	das	Gras	die	Gräser

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• grasen, grasig, graslos

Related terms

• grasbewachsen, Grasdach, Grasebene, grasgrün, Grashüpfer, Grashalm, Grasland, Grassorte, Grassteppe
• Futtergras, Rispengras, Steppengras, Wollgras, Wiesengras n, Zitronengras n, Ziergras

Further reading

• “Gras” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Gras” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Gras” in Duden online
• “Gras” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Gras on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• graas (Veldeke spelling)
• Graas (alternative German-based spelling, Eupen spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *gras, from Proto-Germanic *grasą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣʁaː˨s/
• Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

Gras n (plural Grase or Grääs) (German-based spelling)

1. grass (plant)

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German gras, from Proto-West Germanic *gras, from Proto-Germanic *grasą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʀaːs/
• Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

Gras n (plural Grieser)

1. grass
2. (informal) marijuana