nass
German, adjective
nass is spelled N-A-S-S (4 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written German, the 5,473rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nass is a German adjective meaning “wet (soaked with liquid)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Nass is a different word: “moisture”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit anhaftender Flüssigkeit, mit Flüssigkeit durchsetzt, von Flüssigkeit bedeckt”.
What does nass mean in English?
adjective
- 1
wet (soaked with liquid)
Zieh die nassen Schuhe aus, du machst ja den ganzen Boden nass.
- 2
slangvulgarwet, moist (sexually aroused and thus having the vulva moistened with vaginal secretions)
Ich bin schon ganz nass.
noun
- 1
neutermoisture
- 2
neutera nickname for a heavy drinker or a topographic name for someone living on wet land, or around moisture (ex:Swamp, Marsh).
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit anhaftender Flüssigkeit, mit Flüssigkeit durchsetzt, von Flüssigkeit bedeckt 2. noch nicht getrocknet
noun: 1. Wasser
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 nass
- Nasses genitive
- Nasse dative singular
- Naß alternative obsolete
- nasser masculine nominative singular
- nässer comparative
- am nassesten superlative
- am nässesten superlative
- nasse feminine nominative singular
- nasses neuter nominative singular
- nassen genitive masculine singular
- nassem dative masculine singular
- der nasse definite includes-article masculine
- die nasse definite feminine includes-article
- das nasse definite includes-article neuter
- die nassen definite includes-article nominative
- des nassen definite genitive includes-article
- naß obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to nass
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nass in German?
nass appears 13 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).