bassen
See also: Bässen
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɑsə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: bas‧sen
- Rhymes: -ɑsən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch bassen, probably onomatopoeic. Further etymology is unknown, there are no known cognates.
Verb
bassen
- (intransitive) to bark, like a dog (rarely in the sense of shouting)
- (intransitive) to produce a somewhat similar sound, notably as result of a cough
Inflection
| Inflection of bassen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bassen | |||
| past singular | baste | |||
| past participle | gebast | |||
| infinitive | bassen | |||
| gerund | bassen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | bas | baste | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | bast | baste | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | bast | baste | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | bast | baste | ||
| 3rd person singular | bast | baste | ||
| plural | bassen | basten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | basse | baste | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | bassen | basten | ||
| imperative sing. | bas | |||
| imperative plur.1 | bast | |||
| participles | bassend | gebast | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
bassen
- Plural form of bas
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpassen/
Verb
bassen
- first-person singular past indicative of bassit
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
bassen m
- definite singular of bass
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
bassen m
- definite singular of bass