vassan

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• bassan (Mezzaselva)

Etymology

From Middle High German vazzen, from Old High German fazzōn, from Proto-Germanic *fatōną (“to hold, sieze”). Cognate with German fassen, Dutch vatten, Icelandic fata.

Verb

vassan (third-person singular present indicative vasset, past participle gavàsset, auxiliary haban)

1. (Sette Comuni) to load

   Dar paur vasset 's höobe au fan baaghen un bassets abe da in de dilla.

   The farmer loads the hay onto the cart, and unloads it at the barn.

Conjugation

Conjugation of vassan

infinitive		vassan
present participle		vassanten
past participle		gavàsset
auxiliary		haban
	indicative			subjunctive
present	ich vasse	bar vassan	i	ich vasse	bar vassan
	du vassest	iart vasset		du vassest	iart vasset
	ear vasset	ze vassent		ear vasse	ze vassan
preterite (composed)	ich han gavàsset	bar haban gavàsset	ii	ich vassate	bar vassatan
	du hast gavàsset	iart habet gavàsset		du vassatest	iart vassatet
	ear hat gavàsset	ze habent gavàsset		ear vassate	ze vassatan
imperative	—	vassabar
	vass (du)	vasset (iart)
	vasse (ear)	vassan (ze)

References

• “vassan” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo