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Basse
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basse
English
Etymology
Various origins:
Borrowed from en de Basse, a habitational surname.
Borrowed from en da Basse, a nickname meaning "wild boar".
Borrowed from en fr Basse, from fr basse low; short.
Proper noun
s
en.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Basse is the 37442nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 595 individuals. Basse is most common among White (83.19%) individuals.
Further reading
en surnames from German surnames from Danish surnames from French
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as bassinghe around 1425. Etymology nl unknown. The oldest attestation of the toponym is a derivation from nl odt Basse a personal name suffixed with the collectivising suffix odt -ing-, but the loss of the collectivising suffix in later attestations is strange.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈbɑ.sə/
nl Bas se
nl ɑsə 2
Proper noun
n
nl hamlet mun/Steenwijkerland p/Overijssel c/Netherlands
Derived terms
nl Basserveld
References
German
Pronunciation
de De-Basse.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
surname
de
Noun
de noun form m
de archaic de Bass dat s