Also known as Mass
thumb|An empty ''''' (pronounced ) or (Swiss and Bavarian spelling, elsewhere used for dialectal ) is the German word describing the amount of beer in a regulation mug, in modern times exactly . is also a common abbreviation for ''''', the handled drinking vessel containing it, ubiquitous in Bavarian beer gardens and beer halls, and a staple of Oktoberfest. This vessel is often referred to as a beer mug by English speakers, and can be correctly called a beer stein only if it is made of stoneware and capable of holding a regulation of beer.
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- Instance of
- unit of volume
- Based on
- beer glass
- Image
- Masskrug neutral.jpg
- Said to be same as
- litre
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- Linguistics
- Measurement
- Other
- ''Maßkrugstemmen''/''Masskrugstemmen''/steinholding
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thumb|An empty ''''' (pronounced ) or (Swiss and Bavarian spelling, elsewhere used for dialectal ) is the German word describing the amount of beer in a regulation mug, in modern times exactly . is also a common abbreviation for '', the handled drinking vessel containing it, ubiquitous in Bavarian beer gardens and beer halls, and a staple of Oktoberfest. This vessel is often referred to as a beer mug by English speakers, and can be correctly called a beer stein only if it is made of stoneware and capable of holding a regulation of beer.
==Linguistics== The word "" can be of either neuter or female grammatical gender. In its neuter form, , it is the German word for "measure". Its feminine version, "", is used in southern Germany and Austria to refer to a one-liter glass beer mug or its contents. It is spelled "" or "" (both spellings are permissible) in Germany and Austria, and "" in Switzerland. The plural is also '.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maß” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.