Nase

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "nase"

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German Nase.

Proper noun[edit]

Nase (plural Nases)

  1. A surname from German.

Statistics[edit]

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Nase is the 33941st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 670 individuals. Nase is most common among White (95.67%) individuals.

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Alemannic German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German nase, from Old High German nasa, from Proto-West Germanic *nasu.

Cognate with German Nase, Plautdietsch Näs, Icelandic nös. Dutch neus and English nose derive from an alternative Proto-Germanic form.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Nase f (plural Nase, diminutive Näsli or Näsi)

  1. (northeast and southwest Switzerland) nose

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German nase, from Old High German nasa, from Proto-West Germanic *nasu, from Proto-Germanic *nasō, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

Compare Low German Nees, Norwegian nese, English nose.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈnaːzə/
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  • Rhymes: -aːzə

Noun[edit]

Nase f (genitive Nase, plural Nasen, diminutive Näschen n or Näslein n)

  1. nose
    • 2010, Der Spiegel‎[1], number 33/2010, page 31:
      Baschir trägt einen dichten Bart, der einzig die Partie zwischen der Oberlippe und seiner großen Nase ausspart.
      Baschir wears a thick beard, which only leaves out the part between the upper lip and his big nose.
  2. snout
  3. common nase (Chondrostoma nasus)
    Synonym: Näsling

Declension[edit]

Declension of Nase [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Nase die Nasen
genitive einer der Nase der Nasen
dative einer der Nase den Nasen
accusative eine die Nase die Nasen

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Further reading[edit]

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