As

See also: Appendix:Variations of "as"

Translingual

Symbol

As

1. (chemistry) Symbol for arsenic.
2. (climatology) Köppen climate classification for a dry-summer tropical savanna climate.

English

Noun

As

1. plural of A

   She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As.

Usage notes

• Opinions vary regarding the use of apostrophes when forming the plurals of letters of the alphabet. New Fowler's Modern English Usage, after noting that the usage has changed, states on page 602 that "after letters an apostrophe is obligatory." The 15th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style states in paragraph 7.16, "To avoid confusion, lowercase letters ... form the plural with an apostrophe and an s". The Oxford Style Manual on page 116 advocates the use of common sense.

Anagrams

• S.A., SA, s.a., sa., Sa., Sa, S&A, S. A.

Egyptian

Romanization

As

1. Manuel de Codage transliteration of ꜣs.

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -as, -aːs

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin as.

Noun

As n (strong, genitive Asses, plural Asse)

1. as, a unit and a Roman coin

Declension

Declension of As [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	As	die	Asse
genitive	eines	des	Asses	der	Asse
dative	einem	dem	As, Asse1	den	Assen
accusative	ein	das	As	die	Asse

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “As” in Duden online

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French as, from Latin as.

Alternative forms

• Aß (obsolete)
• Ass

Noun

As n (strong, genitive Asses, plural Asse)

1. ace, a playing card
   • 2007, Martin Schuster & Hans-Dieter Dumpert, Besser lernen, Springer, pg. 153:

     Insgesamt gibt es elf Trumpfkarten. Das sind die vier Buben und die anderen: As, Zehn, König, Dame und die Neun, Acht, Sieben.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

     Das Fallen der fremden Trümpfe, nämlich Pik-Bube, Herz-As, Herz-Zehn und Herz-Acht, sollte man sich merken.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

• The spelling As was deprecated in 1996 in the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform).

Declension

Declension of As [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	As	die	Asse
genitive	eines	des	Asses	der	Asse
dative	einem	dem	As, Asse1	den	Assen
accusative	ein	das	As	die	Asse

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

• Herz-As
• Karo-As
• Kreuz-As
• Pik-As

Derived terms

• As der Asse
• Flieger-As, Fliegeras
• Sport-As

Etymology 3

A (“A”) +‎ -(e)s (“flat”)

Noun

As n (strong, genitive As, plural As)

1. (music) A-flat

Declension

Declension of As [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	As	die	As
genitive	eines	des	As	der	As
dative	einem	dem	As	den	As
accusative	ein	das	As	die	As

Further reading

• “As” in Duden online
• “As” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache