Alemannic German

Forms

• Naase (Basel, Aargau, Lucerne, Zug, Schwyz, Uri)
• Nase (northeast and southwest Switzerland)

Noun

Nase f ‎(plural Nase, diminutive Näsli)

1. nose

German

Etymology

From Middle High German nase, from Old High German nasa, from Proto-Germanic *nasō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s-. Compare Low German Nees, Norwegian nese.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaːzə/
• Rhymes: -aːzə

Noun

Nase f ‎(genitive Nase, plural Nasen, diminutive Näschen n or Näslein n)

1. nose
   • 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 33/2010, page 31:

     Baschir trägt einen dichten Bart, der einzig die Partie zwischen der Oberlippe und seiner großen Nase ausspart.

     Baschir wears a thick beard, which only leaves out the part between the upper lip and his big nose.

2. snout
3. nase (The fish)

Declension

Derived terms

English

Noun

nase ‎(plural nase or nases)

1. A freshwater potamodromous fish, Chondrostoma nasus.

Translations

Anagrams

• ensa, ENSA
• sane
• Sean

French

Adjective

nase m, f ‎(plural nases)

1. (slang) busted, knackered
2. (slang) knackered, beat (tired)

Guaraní

Verb

nase

1. to be born

Interlingue

Noun

nase

1. nose

Latin

Noun

nāse

1. vocative singular of nāsus

Middle High German

Noun

nase f

1. nose

Descendants

• German: Nase

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse nǫs f, plural nasar and nasir

Noun

nase m ‎(definite singular nasen, indefinite plural nasar, definite plural nasane)

1. nose (organ)

   Du har noko på nasen din.

   You got something on your nose.

2. nose (tip of an object)

   Nasen på flyet var dekt med snø.

   The nose of the airplane was covered in snow.

Etymology 2

From nase.

Alternative forms

• nasa (a infinitive)

Verb

nase ‎(present tense nasar, past tense nasa, past participle nasa, passive infinitive nasast, present participle nasande, imperative nase/nas)

1. to smell, sniff

   Sauen nasa på maten, men åt han ikkje.

   The sheep sniffed the food, but did not eat it.

2. to nose (snoop)

See also

• nese (Bokmål)

References

• “nase” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Tarantino

Noun

nase

1. nose