baas
Dutch (Brabantic)
/baːs/
noun
Definitions
- boss, chief, superior
- employer, manager
- (Belgium) strong or tough guy
- (video gaming) boss
- (figuratively) crack, master, expert at something
- (figuratively) whopper, large one in its kind
- (diminutive: baasje) fellow, boy, especially a youngling or novice
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch baes (master of a household, friend) inherited from Old Dutch *baso (kinsman, uncle) inherited from Proto-Germanic *baswô.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*baswô
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiboss English
- baas English
- boss English
- bossdom English
- bosser English
- bosset English
- bossful English
- bossish English
- bossism English
- bossless English
- bosslike English
- bossling English
- bossly English
- bossman English
- bossnapping English
- bossocracy English
- bossy English
- deboss English
- emboss English
- midboss English
- miniboss English
- overboss English
- superboss English
- underboss English
- Base German
- Basecap German
- Boss German
- boss Italian
- baasspeler Dutch, Flemish
- bazig Dutch, Flemish
- bazin Dutch, Flemish
- boven Dutch, Flemish
- bovenbaas Dutch, Flemish
- brein Dutch, Flemish
- breinbaas Dutch, Flemish
- eind Dutch, Flemish
- eindbaas Dutch, Flemish
- huis Dutch, Flemish
- huisbaas Dutch, Flemish
- koppelbaas Dutch, Flemish
- koppelen Dutch, Flemish
- nl Dutch, Flemish
- onder Dutch, Flemish
- onderbaas Dutch, Flemish
- onderbazin Dutch, Flemish
- ploeg Dutch, Flemish
- ploegbaas Dutch, Flemish
- spel Dutch, Flemish
- speler Dutch, Flemish
- spul Dutch, Flemish
- spullenbaas Dutch, Flemish
- vechter Dutch, Flemish
- vechtersbaas Dutch, Flemish
- boss French
- босс Russian
- *baswô Proto-Germanic
- *baswǭ Proto-Germanic
- boss Swedish
- ボス Japanese
- baes Middle Dutch
- basa Old High German
- baas Afrikaans
- baasspeler Afrikaans
- bosing Tagalog
- boss Tagalog
- base Middle High German
- *baso Old Dutch
- 波士 Chinese
- бос Ukrainian
- bosi Swahili
- ubasi Zulu
- bas Old Frisian
- bos Tok Pisin
- bosim Tok Pisin
- Boas Saterland Frisian