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kaas

kaas

Afrikaans

Noun

kaas (plural kase, diminutive kaasie)

  1. cheese

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aːs
  • IPA(key): /kaːs/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch kase, from Old Dutch *kāsi, from late Proto-Germanic *kāsijaz, borrowed from Latin cāseus. Cognate to Low German Kees, German Käse, West Frisian tsiis, English cheese.

Noun

kaas m (plural kazen, diminutive kaasje n)

  1. cheese

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Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kanci. Cognate with Finnish kansi.

Noun

kaas (genitive kaane, partitive kaant)

  1. cover

Declension

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