Kas

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kas"

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• Kaas
• ckaas, kase, khase (Italy)

Etymology

From Old High German chāsi, from Proto-West Germanic *kāsī, borrowed from Latin cāseus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɑːs/
• Hyphenation: Kas

Noun

Kas m (plural Kas)

1. cheese

Declension

Bavarian declension of Kas

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Kas	Kas
Dative	Kas	Kasn
Accusative	Kas	Kas

Derived terms

kasig, Kasler, Zechnkas

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Bavarian Kas. Austrian German variant of Käse (“cheese”) (alongside Käs which is mainly used in Vorarlberg). Mainly used in compounds referring to certain dishes that contain cheese such as Kasnocken, Kaspressknödel and Erdäpfelkas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaːs/

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• Hyphenation: Kas

Noun

Kas m (strong, genitive Kases, no plural)

1. (Austria, excluding Vorarlberg) cheese

   Synonyms: Käs, Käse

Declension

Declension of Kas [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Kas
genitive	eines	des	Kases
dative	einem	dem	Kas, Kase1
accusative	einen	den	Kas

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Erdäpfelkas
• Grammelkas
• Graukas
• Kasfarfeln
• Kasknödel
• Kasnocken
• Kasnudeln
• Kaspressknödel
• Kasspatzeln
• Topfenkas

 

Further reading

• Ebner, Jakob (2019) Duden, Österreichisches Deutsch. Wörterbuch der Gegenwartssprache in Österreich, 5th edition, Berlin: Dudenverlag, →ISBN, page 268