Oase

See also: oase

German

Alternative forms

• Oasis (obsolete)

Etymology

18th century, from Ancient Greek Ὄασις (Óasis), from Egyptian wḥꜣt. The singular in -e (19th c.) is a backformation from the plural Oasen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈaːzə/, [ʔoˈaː.zə], [ʔoˈʔaː.zə]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -aːzə

Noun

Oase f (genitive Oase, plural Oasen)

1. oasis

Declension

Declension of Oase [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Oase	die	Oasen
genitive	einer	der	Oase	der	Oasen
dative	einer	der	Oase	den	Oasen
accusative	eine	die	Oase	die	Oasen

Further reading

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

Latin

Proper noun

Oase

1. ablative singular of Oasis