kaas

kaas (plural kaases)

1. Alternative form of kas.

From Dutch kaas, from Middle Dutch câse, from Old Dutch *kāsi, from Proto-West Germanic *kāsī, borrowed from Latin cāseus.

• IPA^(key): /kɑːs/

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kaas (plural kase, diminutive kaasie)

1. cheese

• bokkaas
• kaasburger
• kaasfabriek
• kaasmaker

• → Sotho: kase
• → Tswana: kase

kaas (past min kaas, future go kaas, a go kaas, wi kaas, wil kaas, completive dun kaas, imperfective a kaas)

1. cost

From Middle Dutch câse, from Old Dutch *kāsi, from late Proto-West Germanic *kāsī, borrowed from Latin cāseus.

• IPA^(key): /kaːs/

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• Hyphenation: kaas
• Rhymes: -aːs

kaas m (plural kazen, diminutive kaasje n)

1. cheese

• Afrikaans: kaas
  • → Sotho: kase
  • → Tswana: kase
• Berbice Creole Dutch: kasi
• Jersey Dutch: kääs
• Negerhollands: kaas, kaes
• → Aukan: kasi
• → Papiamentu: keshi (from the diminutive)
• → Peranakan Indonesian: kas
• → Sranan Tongo: kasi
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: kási
  • → Saramaccan: kási

• kaan (colloquial)

From Proto-Finnic *kanci. Cognate with Finnish kansi, Ingrian kans, Karelian kansi, Võro kaas', Votic kaasi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːs/, [ˈkɑːs]
• Rhymes: -ɑːs
• Hyphenation: kaas

kaas (genitive kaane, partitive kaant)

1. cover, lid