Fass
German, noun/fas/
Fass is spelled F-A-S-S (4 letters) and appears 9.1 times per million words in written German, the 7,590th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fass is a German neuter noun meaning “barrel, keg, cask” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Behälter aus Holz, Metall, Plastik zur Aufbewahrung und zum Transport von flüssigen Gütern, Schüttgütern…”.
What does Fass mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterbarrel, keg, cask
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Behälter aus Holz, Metall, Plastik zur Aufbewahrung und zum Transport von flüssigen Gütern, Schüttgütern und Ähnlichem
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 Fass
- Fasses genitive
- Fässer plural
- Fässchen diminutive neuter
- Fasse dative singular
- Fässern dative definite plural
- Faß alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Fass?
- /fas/
- [fas]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Fass
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Fass in German?
Fass appears 9.1 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).