Baas

See also: baas

Dutch

Etymology

From baas (“boss”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baːs/
  • Hyphenation: Baas
  • Rhymes: -aːs

Proper noun

Baas

  1. a surname

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic بَعْث (baʕṯ).

Proper noun

Baas m

  1. (politics) the Baath

Derived terms

German Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German bās (“supervisor, foreman”), probably from Old Saxon *baso, from Proto-West Germanic *baswō, from Proto-Germanic *baswô (“uncle”).

Noun

Baas m (plural Basen)

  1. boss

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare Dutch baas ("boss, employer"), English boss and Middle Low German bās ("foreman, supervisor").

Noun

Baas m

  1. boss[1]

References

  1. ^ https://archive.org/details/commonsensepenns01lins
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