Bass

See also: bass, bas, and Baß

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: băs, IPA^(key): /bæs/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -æs
• Homophone: bass

Proper noun

Bass

1. A surname.
2. A place name:
   1. A rural town in Bass Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia, named after George Bass.
   2. A number of places in the United States:
      1. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Alabama.
      2. An unincorporated community in Newton County, Arkansas.
      3. An unincorporated community in Casey County, Kentucky.
      4. An unincorporated community in Cole County, Missouri.
      5. An unincorporated community in Hardy County, West Virginia, named for the presence of bass (fish) in the local creek.

Derived terms

• Bass Coast
• Bass Strait

See also

• Bass Lake

Anagrams

• BSAs, SABS, sabs

German

Alternative forms

• Baß (superseded)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian basso (“low”), from Latin bassus (“low”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bas/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -as

Noun

Bass m (strong, genitive Basses, plural Bässe)

1. (sound) bass (low spectrum of sound)
2. (music) bass (singer; section of musical group)
3. (music) bass, double bass (stringed instrument)

Usage notes

• The spelling Bass has been the prescribed spelling since the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform). In Switzerland and Liechtenstein, it had already been standard since ⟨ß⟩ was deprecated in the 1930s. In the affected areas, the previous spelling (Baß) is now less common, and may be regarded as a misspelling.

Declension

Declension of Bass [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Bass	die	Bässe
genitive	eines	des	Basses	der	Bässe
dative	einem	dem	Bass, Basse1	den	Bässen
accusative	einen	den	Bass	die	Bässe

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Bassist

Related terms

• Bassbariton, Bassflöte, Bassgeige, Bassgitarre, Bassposaune, Basssänger, Bassschlüssel, Bassstimme, Basstuba
• Generalbass, Kontrabass, Tenorbass

Further reading

• “Bass” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Bass” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Bass” in Duden online
• Bass on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bas/, [bɑs]

  Rhymes: -ɑs

Noun

Bass m (uncountable)

1. (music) bass
2. itch