klas

See also: Appendix:Variations of "klas"

Breton

Sign in French and Breton in Rennes, outside a school with bilingual classes

Noun

klas m (plural klasoù)

1. class

Inflection

Mutation of klas

	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	klas	glas	c'hlas	unchanged
plural	klasoù	glasoù	c'hlasoù	unchanged

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech klas, from Proto-Slavic *kolsъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈklas]

Noun

klas m inan (relational adjective klasový)

1. ear (fruiting body of a grain plant)

Declension

Declension of klas (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	klas	klasy
genitive	klasu	klasů
dative	klasu	klasům
accusative	klas	klasy
vocative	klase	klasy
locative	klase, klasu	klasech
instrumental	klasem	klasy

Derived terms

• klásek

Further reading

• “klas”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “klas”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “klas”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French classe, from Latin classis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɑs/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɑs

Noun

klas f (plural klassen, diminutive klasje n)

1. a school class
2. a classroom
3. travel class (such as first class or economy class)

Derived terms

• brugklas
• klaslokaal
• klassikaal
• kleuterklas

Related terms

• classis
• klasse

Descendants

• Afrikaans: klas
• Petjo: kelas
• → Aukan: klasi
• → Caribbean Hindustani: klás
• → Indonesian: kelas
• → Kwinti: klas
• → Papiamentu: klas

Anagrams

• slak

Indonesian

Noun

klas

1. nonstandard form of kelas.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolsъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klâːs/

Noun

klȃs m (Cyrillic spelling кла̑с)

1. ear (fruiting body of a grain plant)

Declension

Declension of klas

	singular	plural
nominative	klas	klasovi
genitive	klasa	klasova
dative	klasu	klasovima
accusative	klas	klasove
vocative	klasu	klasovi
locative	klasu	klasovima
instrumental	klasom	klasovima

Further reading

• “klas”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolsъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [klas]

Noun

klas m inan (relational adjective klasový or (literary) klasný, diminutive klásoček or klások)

1. ear (fruiting body of a grain plant)

Declension

Declension of klas
(pattern dub)

	singular	plural
nominative	klas	klasy
genitive	klasu	klasov
dative	klasu	klasom
accusative	klas	klasy
locative	klase	klasoch
instrumental	klasom	klasmi

Further reading

• “klas”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolsъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kláːs/

Noun

klȃs m inan

1. ear (fruiting body of a grain plant)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	klás
gen. sing.	klása
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	klás	klása	klási
genitive (rodȋlnik)	klása	klásov	klásov
dative (dajȃlnik)	klásu	klásoma	klásom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	klás	klása	kláse
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	klásu	klásih	klásih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	klásom	klásoma	klási

Further reading

• “klas”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “klas”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references