Tasse

From Late Middle High German *tasse, which is not attested as a simplex before the 16th c., but required by the diminutive tesschichyn (mid-15th c.). Further from Middle French tasse (14th c.), from Arabic طَاس (ṭās), variant of طَسْت (ṭast), from Middle Persian tšt' (tašt). Cognate with Modern French tasse, Dutch tas, dialectal English tass. Distantly related with Docht, Technologie, Text.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtasə/

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• Rhymes: -asə

Tasse f (genitive Tasse, plural Tassen, diminutive Tässchen n)

1. cup, mug (drinking vessel)

• For mugs, i.e. tall cups, usage varies. Austria prefers Häferl in this case, some German regions Becher or Pott. Flat cups are alternatively called Schale in Austria, whereas in Germany this is only possible when they are handleless.

• → Finnish: tassi (if not through Low German)
• → Greater Polish: taska
• → Kashubian: taska
• → Latvian: tase
• → Polish: taca

• “Tasse” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Tasse” in Duden online

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰasə/
• Rhymes: -asə
• Syllabification: Tas‧se

Tasse f

1. plural of Tass