Basse

See also: basse

English

Etymology

Various origins:

• Borrowed from German Basse, a habitational surname.
• Borrowed from Danish Basse, a nickname meaning "wild boar".
• Borrowed from French Basse, from basse (“low; short”).

Proper noun

Basse (plural Basses)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Basse is the 37442^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 595 individuals. Basse is most common among White (83.19%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Basse”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 112.

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as bassinghe around 1425. Etymology unknown. The oldest attestation of the toponym is a derivation from Old Dutch Basse (“a personal name”) suffixed with the collectivising suffix -ing-, but the loss of the collectivising suffix in later attestations is strange.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑ.sə/
• Hyphenation: Bas‧se
• Rhymes: -ɑsə

Proper noun

Basse n

1. A hamlet in Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, Netherlands.

Derived terms

• Basserveld

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Basse m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Basses or (with an article) Basse, feminine genitive Basse, plural Basses or Basse)

1. a surname

Noun

Basse m

1. (archaic) dative singular of Bass