paus – Dutch noun declension

Noun: paus
Gender: Masculine Hyphenation:

Sg.	paus
Pl.	pausen

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like paus

motiveering, Duitse herdershond, urilift, vervolmaking, elektrische spanning, ovenfriet, winteravond, weervrouw, besteding, bloemenveiling, vertakking, tintinofiel, synaps, olieraffinaderij, vliegtuigkaping, sawaslang, verzetting, afrondfout, druivenoogst, wintermaand, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch paus, paues, pauwes, from Old French papes (compare German Papst), from Medieval Latin pāpa (“bishop, pope”), from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, “bishop”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “father”), of imitative origin. Doublet of paap. See: German Nouns 'Papst', Ancient Greek Nouns 'πάπας'.

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