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bass.

greatly, totally, immensely; used with erstaunt (“astonished”) or, less often, other words expressing a sudden reaction/emotion

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Meaning & usage

adv/bas/
  1. greatly, totally, immensely; used with erstaunt (“astonished”) or, less often, other words expressing a sudden reaction/emotion

    humorous · sometimes
    Ich war bass erstaunt.
    Das hat mich bass überrascht.
  2. better, more properly, readily

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German baȥ, from Old High German baȥ, from Proto-Germanic *batiz (“better”, adverb), comparative of *wela (“well”), whence German wohl. Represents the old adverb form of besser, whose adverbial use developed in Middle High German. Attributive use of bass, in turn, is much more recent and has remained rare.

adj/bas/
  1. great, total, immense; with nouns expressing astonishment etc. (as above)

    broadly · not-comparable · rare
    basses Erstaunen
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German baȥ, from Old High German baȥ, from Proto-Germanic *batiz (“better”, adverb), comparative of *wela (“well”), whence German wohl. Represents the old adverb form of besser, whose adverbial use developed in Middle High German. Attributive use of bass, in turn, is much more recent and has remained rare.

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