Nase

Etymology

Borrowed from German Nase.

Proper noun

Nase (plural Nases)

1. A surname from German.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Nase”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 650.

Anagrams

• ENSA, Esan, NAEs, NESA, Sean, Sena, eans, sane, sean

Alternative forms

• Naase (Basel, Aargau, Lucerne, Zug, Schwyz, Uri)

Etymology

From Middle High German nase, from Old High German nasa, from Proto-West Germanic *nasu.

Cognate with German Nase, Plautdietsch Näs, Icelandic nös. Dutch neus and English nose derive from an alternative Proto-Germanic form.

Pronunciation

• (Zürich) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑzə/

Noun

Nase f (plural Nase, diminutive Näsli or Näsi)

1. (northeast and southwest Switzerland) nose

Etymology

From Middle High German nase, from Old High German nasa, from Proto-West Germanic *nasu, from Proto-Germanic *nasō, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

Compare Low German Nees, Norwegian nese, English nose.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaːzə/

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• Rhymes: -aːzə

Noun

Nase f (genitive Nase, plural Nasen, diminutive Näschen n or Näslein n)

1. nose
   • 2010, Der Spiegel‎, number 33/2010, page 31:

     Baschir trägt einen dichten Bart, der einzig die Partie zwischen der Oberlippe und seiner großen Nase ausspart.

     Baschir wears a thick beard, which only leaves out the part between the upper lip and his big nose.

2. snout
3. weak insult
4. common nase (Chondrostoma nasus)

   Synonym: Näsling

Further reading

• “Nase” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Nase” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Nase” in Duden online
• Nase on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de