Glas

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch and German Glas. === Proper noun === Glas (plural Glases) A surname. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Glas is the 34758th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 650 individuals. Glas is most common among White (90.46%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Glas”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 50. === Anagrams === GALS, LGAs, gals, lags, slag == Alemannic German == === Alternative forms === Glaas === Etymology === From Middle High German glas, from Old High German glas, from Proto-West Germanic *glas, from Proto-Germanic *glasą. Cognate with German Glas, Dutch glas, English glass. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡlɑs/ === Noun === Glas n (plural Gleser, diminutive Glesli) glass (material) glass (drinking vessel) pane of glass == Dutch == === Etymology === From glas (“glass”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɣlɑs/ Hyphenation: Glas Rhymes: -ɑs === Proper noun === Glas a surname == German == === Etymology === From Old High German glas, gles, from Proto-West Germanic *glas, from Proto-Germanic *glasą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰel- (“to shine, glimmer, glow”). Compare Low German Glas, Dutch glas, English glass, Icelandic gler. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡlaːs/ (standard) IPA(key): /ɡlas/ (variant in Low German areas; but inflected forms always with a long vowel) Rhymes: -aːs, -as === Noun === Glas n (strong, genitive Glases, plural Gläser or Glas, diminutive Gläschen n or Gläslein n) (material) glass (container) glass (container) jar (made of glass) 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 31: (amount of liquid) glass ==== Usage notes ==== The normal plural is Gläser. The unchanged plural Glas can be used, alternatively, after numerals when referring to a quantity of drinks someone has drunk (or served, etc.): Mein Vater trinkt jeden Abend fünf Glas Bier. – “My father has five glasses of beer every evening.” ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== glasartig, glasig Glaser, Glaserei glasieren, gläsern einglasen, verglasen ==== Related terms ==== === Noun === Glas n (mixed, genitive Glases, plural Glasen) (nautical) time stamp for half an hour ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Glas” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Glas” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Glas (Stoff, Gefäß)” in Duden online “Glas (Zeitraum, Zeitangabe)” in Duden online Glas on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de == Luxembourgish == === Etymology === From Old High German glas, from Proto-West Germanic *glas, from Proto-Germanic *glasą. Cognate with German Glas, Dutch glas, English glass. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡlaːs/ Rhymes: -aːs === Noun === Glas n (plural Glieser) (uncountable) glass (material) glass (drinking vessel) (plural Glas) glass (amount of liquid) jar (made of glass) === Further reading === Glas in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire