Gras

Several etymologies:

• Borrowed from French Gras, a nickname for a stout person, from gras (“fat”)
• Borrowed from Catalan Gras, from gras (“fat, stout”)
• Borrowed from German Gras, variant of the surname Grass

Gras (plural Grases)

1. A surname from French.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gras is the 34758^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 650 individuals. Gras is most common among White (80.0%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gras”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 77.

• ARGs, GARs, Gars, args, gars, rags

Gras n (plural Gräser, diminutive Gräsli)

1. alternative form of Graas

From Middle High German gras, from Old High German gras, from Proto-West Germanic *gras, from Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreH₁- (“grow, become green”). Compare Low German Gras, Dutch gras, English grass, Danish græs.

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁaːs/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ɡʁas/ (variant in Low German areas; but inflected forms always with a long vowel)
• Rhymes: -aːs, -as

• Audio (Austria); “das Gras”:

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Gras n (strong, genitive Grases, plural Gräser)

1. grass (plant)
2. (informal) weed, marijuana

• grasen, grasig, graslos

• grasbewachsen, Grasdach, Grasebene, grasgrün, Grashüpfer, Grashalm, Grasland, Grassorte, Grassteppe
• Futtergras, Rispengras, Steppengras, Wollgras, Wiesengras n, Zitronengras n, Ziergras

• “Gras” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Gras” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Gras” in Duden online
• “Gras” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Gras on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

• graas (Veldeke spelling)
• Graas (alternative German-based spelling, Eupen spelling)

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *gras, from Proto-Germanic *grasą.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣʁaː˨s/
• Rhymes: -aːs

Gras n (plural Grase or Grääs) (German-based spelling)

1. grass (plant)

From Old High German gras, from Proto-West Germanic *gras, from Proto-Germanic *grasą.

• IPA^(key): /ɡʀaːs/
• Rhymes: -aːs

Gras n (plural Grieser)

1. grass
2. (informal) marijuana