ass
German, verb
ass is spelled A-S-S (3 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written German, the 6,059th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ass is a German verb meaning “Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of aß” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Ass is a different word: “ace (a playing card)”. With a capital, ASS is a different word: “abbreviation of Azetylsalizylsäure/Acetylsalicylsäure or…”.
What does ass mean in English?
verb
- 1
SwitzerlandSwitzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of aß
noun
- 1
neuterace (a playing card)
- 2
neutera person who is extremely good at (at least) one discipline
- 3
neuterace
- 4
neuterhole in one
noun
- 1
feminineabbreviation of Azetylsalizylsäure/Acetylsalicylsäure or Acetylsalizylsäure/Azetylsalicylsäure (“acetylsalicylic acid”)
- 2
feminineabbreviation of Autismus-Spektrum-Störung (“autism spectrum disorder, ASD”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Acetylsalicylsäure
noun: 1. hochwertige Karte in einem Kartenspiel 2. vorbildliche Person, Mensch mit herausragenden Leistungen (meist in der Schule, im Sport) 3. zielgenauer Ball, den der Gegner nicht erreicht
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 ass
- Asses genitive
- Asse plural
- Ässer plural
- Assen dative definite plural
- Ässern dative definite plural
- Aß alternative
- As obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ass
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ass in German?
ass appears 12 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).