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As

German, noun

As is spelled A-S (2 letters) and appears 37 times per million words in written German, the 2,246th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As is a German neuter noun meaning “as, a unit and a Roman coin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of A. On this page, as. is a different word: “abbreviation of altsächsisch”. In lower case, as is a different word: “genitive singular of a”. On this page, äs is a different word: “plural of ä”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “altrömische Münze und Gewichtseinheit”.

What does As mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    neuteras, a unit and a Roman coin

noun

  1. 1

    neuterace, a playing card

noun

  1. 1

    neuterA-flat

noun

  1. 1

    plural of A

adjective

as as.
  1. 1

    abbreviation of altsächsisch

noun

as as
  1. 1

    genitive singular of a

  2. 2

    plural of a

noun

as äs
  1. 1

    plural of ä

noun

as Äs
  1. 1

    plural of Ä

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. umgangssprachlich:

abbreviation: 1. altsächsisch

noun: 1. altrömische Münze und Gewichtseinheit

noun: 1. Ton mit 422 Hz und alle Töne im Oktavabstand dazu, um einen Halbton vermindertes A

noun: 1. umgangssprachlich:

abbreviation: 1. Abkürzung und Kfz-Kennzeichen für Landkreis Amberg-Sulzbach

prefix: 1. hinzu-, zu-, bei-, an-

noun: 1. wallförmige Sedimentation von Schotter und Sand unterhalb oder in Spalten von Gletschern

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of As

  • Asses genitive
  • Asse plural
  • Assen dative definite plural
  • Aß alternative obsolete
  • Ass alternative
  • altsächs. variant
  • asächs. variant
  • ad- variant
  • Os variant
  • Åsar nominative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to As

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is As in German?

As appears 37 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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