baas
English
noun
Definitions
- (South Africa) An employer, a boss. Frequently as a form of address.
Etymology
Derived from Dutch, Flemish baas (boss, master).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
baas
Gloss
boss, master
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
主
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- boss English
- baas Dutch, Flemish
- baasspeler Dutch, Flemish
- bazig Dutch, Flemish
- bazin Dutch, Flemish
- bovenbaas Dutch, Flemish
- breinbaas Dutch, Flemish
- eindbaas Dutch, Flemish
- huisbaas Dutch, Flemish
- koppelbaas Dutch, Flemish
- onderbaas Dutch, Flemish
- ploegbaas Dutch, Flemish
- spullenbaas Dutch, Flemish
- vechtersbaas Dutch, Flemish
- baes Middle Dutch
- baas Afrikaans