Maß

See also: mass, Mass, maß, Mass., måss, and Appendix:Variations of "mas"

German

Alternative forms

  • Mass (Switzerland, Liechtenstein)
  • Maas (obsolete)
  • Maaß (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German māz, from Proto-Germanic *mētō. Compare Dutch maat (“size, measure”), Old English met (“measure, amount, limit”). More at mete.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maːs/
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  • Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

Maß n (genitive Maßes, plural Maße)

  1. size
  2. extent
  3. measure
    • 1932, Erich Mühsam, Die Befreiung der Gesellschaft vom Staat, in: Erich Mühsam: Prosaschriften II, Verlag europäische ideen Berlin (1978), page 260:
      Der Individualismus will umgekehrt den ungekürzten Lebensraum des Individuums zum Maß der gesellschaftlichen Daseinsform machen, ohne Rücksicht auf Gleichheit und Gesamtnutzen.
      Individualism, in contrast, wants to make the unshortened living space of the individual the measure of the social form of being, without consideration for equality or total utility.
  4. moderation

Declension

Derived terms

Noun

Maß f (genitive Maß, plural Maße)

  1. (southern Germany) a litre/tankard of beer

Declension

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