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

1. Verbal stem occurring in the following root, aspect, and mode combinations:

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Momentaneous	kaa (classify contained)
Reversitative	kaa (classify contained)	kaa (classify contained)	kaa (classify contained)	kaa (classify contained)
Customary	kaa (classify contained)	kaa (classify contained)	kaa (classify contained)	kaa (classify contained)

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