vaas

See also: Vaas, and vãas

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French vase, from Latin vas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaːs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: vaas
• Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

vaas f (plural vazen, diminutive vaasje n)

1. vase, decorative pot or glass often used for containing severed branches or stems with flowers

Derived terms

• bloemenvaas
• Mingvaas
• siervaas
• tuinvaas
• vaasje
• vaasschildering
• vaaswerk

Descendants

• Afrikaans: vaas
• → Indonesian: vas

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Vase.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɑːs/, [ˈvɑːs]
• Rhymes: -ɑːs
• Hyphenation: vaas

Noun

vaas (genitive vaasi, partitive vaasi)

1. vase

Declension

Declension of vaas (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		vaas	vaasid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	vaasi
genitive			vaaside
partitive		vaasi	vaase vaasisid
illative		vaasi vaasisse	vaasidesse vaasesse
inessive		vaasis	vaasides vaases
elative		vaasist	vaasidest vaasest
allative		vaasile	vaasidele vaasele
adessive		vaasil	vaasidel vaasel
ablative		vaasilt	vaasidelt vaaselt
translative		vaasiks	vaasideks vaaseks
terminative		vaasini	vaasideni
essive		vaasina	vaasidena
abessive		vaasita	vaasideta
comitative		vaasiga	vaasidega

Further reading

• vaas in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)