Kwass
German, noun/kvas/
Kwass is a German masculine noun meaning “kvass (traditional Slavic drink)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein aus Russland stammendes, alkoholarmes, kohlensäurehaltiges Erfrischungsgetränk, das aus Wasser, Malz…”.
What does Kwass mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekvass (traditional Slavic drink)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein aus Russland stammendes, alkoholarmes, kohlensäurehaltiges Erfrischungsgetränk, das aus Wasser, Malz, Mehl und anderen Zutaten – hier zumeist aus gegorenem beziehungsweise vergorenem Brot oder aber aus verschiedenen Früchten und Beeren – gewonnen wird
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 Kwass
- Kwasses genitive
- Kwaß alternative
- Kwas alternative
- Quas obsolete
- Quasz obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kwass?
- /kvas/
- [kvas]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kwass
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kwass in German?
Kwass appears about once in every 45 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).