Asant

See also: asant and -asant

English

Proper noun

Asant

  1. Obsolete form of Zante (“the island of Zakynthos”).
    • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:
      The Galles and thoſe pilling Briggandines,
      That yeerely ſaile to the Uenetian goulfe,
      And houer in the ſtraightes for Chriſtians wracke,
      Shall lie at anchor in the Iſle Aſant.

German

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ant

Noun

Asant m (strong, genitive Asantes or Asants, plural Asante)

  1. asafoetida

Declension

Declension of Asant [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Asant die Asante
genitive eines des Asantes, Asants der Asante
dative einem dem Asant, Asante1 den Asanten
accusative einen den Asant die Asante

1Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

  • “Asant” in Duden online
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