Kas

From Kasem.

Kas m (definite Kasi)

1. a male given name

• Kaas
• ckaas, kase, khase (Italy)

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

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

Kas m (plural Kas)

1. cheese

kasig, Kasler, Zechnkas

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.

• IPA^(key): /kaːs/

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• Hyphenation: Kas

Kas m (strong, genitive Kases, no plural)

1. (Austria, excluding Vorarlberg) cheese

   Synonyms: Käs, Käse

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