wasser

See also: Wasser, wässer, Wässer, and Wåsser

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German waʒʒer, from Old High German waʒʒar, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥. Cognate with German Wasser, Dutch and English water, Icelandic vatn.

Noun

wasser n

  1. (Gressoney, Issime, Carcoforo, Formazza) water

References
  • “wasser” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wasscher. Equivalent to wassen +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑ.sər/
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  • Hyphenation: was‧ser
  • Rhymes: -ɑsər

Noun

wasser m (plural wassers)

  1. A washer, someone who washes.

German

Verb

wasser

  1. First-person singular present of wassern.
  2. Imperative singular of wassern.
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