Rasen

See also: rasen

German

Etymology

From north-eastern Middle High German rase, probably from Middle Low German wrāse (“sod, turf”), though the two could also be cognate forms. Further origin presumably a variant of Middle Low German wāse, from Proto-Germanic *wasô, *waisǭ (“slime, muck”) which has been inherited as German Wasen.[1] The intermitting r might be due to influence from dialectal forms of Brodem (“haze, fume”), notably Bratten, Wraten, Frādem, Frātem, Frāsem.[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈraːzən/, [ˈʁäːzən], [ˈʁäːzn̩]
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Noun

Rasen m (strong, genitive Rasens, plural Rasen)

lawn
Synonym: (chiefly when large, or informal) Wiese

Declension

Declension of Rasen [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Rasen	die	Rasen
genitive	eines	des	Rasens	der	Rasen
dative	einem	dem	Rasen	den	Rasen
accusative	einen	den	Rasen	die	Rasen

Derived terms

Fußballrasen
Kunstrasen
Parkrasen
Rasenfläche
Rasenfußball
Rasenlänge
Rasenmäher
Rasenpflege
Rasensport
Rasenstück
Rollrasen
Sportrasen

References

Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Rasen”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Wrasen”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN