Asant

See also: asant and -asant

English

Proper noun

Asant

1. Obsolete form of Zante (“the island of Zakynthos”).
   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:

     The Galles and thoſe pilling Briggandines,
     That yeerely ſaile to the Uenetian goulfe,
     And houer in the ſtraightes for Chriſtians wracke,
     Shall lie at anchor in the Iſle Aſant.

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ant

Noun

Asant m (strong, genitive Asantes or Asants, plural Asante)

1. asafoetida

Declension

Declension of Asant [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Asant	die	Asante
genitive	eines	des	Asantes, Asants	der	Asante
dative	einem	dem	Asant, Asante1	den	Asanten
accusative	einen	den	Asant	die	Asante

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Asant” in Duden online