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Faß
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fass Fass
Alemannic German
Noun
gsw noun
gsw Fass
References
Aus dem Wiesenthale. Gedichte von Georg Uehlin. Schopfheim, 1869, p. 15
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
gmw-cfr Faaß Colognian Academy spelling
Etymology
gmw-cfr gem-pro 2
From gmw-cfr gmh vaz, from gmw-cfr goh faz, from gmw-cfr gmw-pro *fat.
Pronunciation
gmw-cfr /faːs/
Noun
gmw-cfr noun n plural Fäßer or Faßer diminutive Fäßje or Fäßche
gmw-cfr most dialects barrel, vat, keg, especially for liquids
gmw-cfr especially for solids Tonn
gmw-cfr 1996 Filue 10 Liter Kölsch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFKtMlwEjO8 Als sich dat römjesproche hät, do wood vill diskutiert, Ob dat Kölsch jedronke weed oder analysiert, Dermet mer Neues maache kann – do ha’ mir vier jesat: Rusemondaach weed dat Faß en Kölle opjemaht! When word got around, there was a lot of discussion Whether that Kölsch beer should be drunk or analysed, So that new beer could be made – but the four of us said: On Carnival Monday that keg will be opened in Cologne!
German
Pronunciation
de as
Noun
n,,^er.ss
Fass pre-1996
Declension
n,,^er.ss