# Glas
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch and German Glas.

### Proper noun

Glas (plural Glases)
* A surname.

#### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Glas is the 34758th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 650 individuals. Glas is most common among White (90.46%) individuals.

### Further reading

* Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Glas”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 50.

### Anagrams

* GALS, LGAs, gals, lags, slag

## Alemannic German
### Alternative forms

* Glaas

### Etymology

From Middle High German glas, from Old High German glas, from Proto-West Germanic *glas, from Proto-Germanic *glasą. Cognate with German Glas, Dutch glas, English glass.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡlɑs/

### Noun

Glas n (plural Gleser, diminutive Glesli)
* glass (material)
* glass (drinking vessel)
* pane of glass

## Dutch
### Etymology

From glas (“glass”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɣlɑs/
* Hyphenation: Glas
* Rhymes: -ɑs

### Proper noun

Glas
* a surname

## German
### Etymology

From Old High German glas, gles, from Proto-West Germanic *glas, from Proto-Germanic *glasą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰel- (“to shine, glimmer, glow”). Compare Low German Glas, Dutch glas, English glass, Icelandic gler.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡlaːs/ (standard)
* IPA: /ɡlas/ (variant in Low German areas; but inflected forms always with a long vowel)
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* Audio (Berlin):(file)
* Audio (Austria):(file)
* Rhymes: -aːs, -as

### Noun

Glas n (strong, genitive Glases, plural Gläser or Glas, diminutive Gläschen n or Gläslein n)
* (material) glass
* (container) glass
** 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 36:Ein frisch gefülltes Glas Champagner stand vor ihm. Er trank es in einem Zug aus – mit Lust, fast mit Begier.A freshly filled glass of champaign was in front of him. He emptied it in one draught – with pleasure, almost with greed.
* (container) jar (made of glass)
** 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 31:
    So wurden im Garten noch die letzten Stachelbeeren und Himbeeren, wurden schon frühe Pflaumen und Pfirsiche gepflückt; in der Küche weckte Mamsell das viele Obst und Gemüse in unzähligen Gläsern ein; […]So even the last gooseberries and raspberries and already early plums and peaches were plucked in the garden; in the kitchen the housekeeper canned all this large amount of fruits and vegetables in countless jars; […]
* (amount of liquid) glass

#### Usage notes

* The normal plural is Gläser.
* The unchanged plural Glas can be used, alternatively, after numerals when referring to a quantity of drinks someone has drunk (or served, etc.): Mein Vater trinkt jeden Abend fünf Glas Bier. – “My father has five glasses of beer every evening.”

#### Declension

$^1$Now rare, see notes.

#### Derived terms

* glasartig, glasig
* Glaser, Glaserei
* glasieren, gläsern
* einglasen, verglasen

#### Related terms

* Augenglas
* Autoglas
* Bierglas
* Brennglas
* Brillenglas
* Cognacglas
* Doppelwandglas
* Einglas
* Einkochglas
* Einmachglas
* Einweckglas
* Facettenglas
* Farbglas
* Fensterglas
* Fernglas
* Flachglas
* Flintglas
* Glasaal
* Glasampulle
* Glasarbeit
* Glasarbeiter
* Glasauge
* Glasbaustein
* Glasblasen
* Glasbläser
* Glasbruch
* Glaserhandwerk
* Gläserklang
* Glasermeister
* Glasersatz
* Glasfabrik
* Glasfaser
* Glasfaserkabel
* Glasfassade
* Glasfenster
* Glasflasche
* Glasfront
* Glasgemälde
* Glasglanz
* Glasglocke
* Glashaus
* Glasheckscheibe
* Glashütte
* glasklar
* Glasknochen
* Glasknopf
* Glaskörper
* Glaskrug
* Glaskugel
* Glaslinse
* Glasmacher
* Glasmaler
* Glasmalerei
* Glasnudel
* Glasofen
* Glaspartikel
* Glasperle
* Glasrahmen
* Glasreiniger
* Glasrohr
* Glasröhre
* Glasschale
* Glasscheibe
* Glasscherbe
* Glasschliff
* Glasschneider
* Glasschrank
* Glassplitter
* Glastanzdiele
* Glastür
* Glasvase
* Glaswand
* Glasware
* Glaswolle
* Gurkenglas
* Hartglas
* Isolierglas
* Konservenglas
* Kristallglas
* Kronglas
* Marmeladenglas
* Mattglas
* Milchglas
* Mineralglas
* Opernglas
* Panzerglas
* Probierglas
* Quarzglas
* Rauchglas
* Rotweinglas
* Saftglas
* Saphirglas
* Satinglas
* Schaumglas
* Schaumweinglas
* Schnapsglas
* Schutzglas
* Sektglas
* Senfglas
* Sicherheitsglas
* Solarglas
* Spiegelglas
* Teeglas
* Trinkglas
* Trübglas
* Türglas
* Uhr(en)glas
* Vergrößerungsglas
* Wasserglas
* Weckglas
* Weinglas
* Weißweinglas
* Zahnglas
* Zahnputzglas

### Noun

Glas n (mixed, genitive Glases, plural Glasen)
* (nautical) time stamp for half an hour

#### Declension

$^1$Now rare, see notes.

### Further reading

* “Glas” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “Glas” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* “Glas (Stoff, Gefäß)” in Duden online
* “Glas (Zeitraum, Zeitangabe)” in Duden online
* Glas on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{de}$

## Luxembourgish
### Etymology

From Old High German glas, from Proto-West Germanic *glas, from Proto-Germanic *glasą. Cognate with German Glas, Dutch glas, English glass.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡlaːs/
* Rhymes: -aːs

### Noun

Glas n (plural Glieser)
* (uncountable) glass (material)
* glass (drinking vessel)
* (plural Glas) glass (amount of liquid)
* jar (made of glass)

### Further reading

* Glas in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire