gås

Danish

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gås

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔːˀs/,

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gás, from Proto-Germanic *gans, cognate with Swedish gås, English goose, German Gans, Dutch gans. The Germanic noun derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns (“goose”), which is also the source of Latin ānser, Ancient Greek χήν (khḗn), Lithuanian žąsìs, Sanskrit हंस (haṃsá).

Noun

gås c (singular definite gåsen, plural indefinite gæs)

1. goose

Inflection

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gås

1. present tense passive of gå
2. infinitive passive of gå

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

gjess

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Etymology

From Old Norse gás, from Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns (“goose”); cognate with English goose, German Gans.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔːs/

Noun

gås m or f (definite singular gåsen or gåsa, indefinite plural gjess or gjæser, definite plural gjessene or gjæsene)

1. a goose

Derived terms

• gåsehud
• gåsunge
• kanadagås

Related terms

• gasse (male goose - a gander)

References

• “gås” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

gås

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Etymology

From Old Norse gás f (nominative and accusative plurals gæss), from Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns, probably of imitative origin.

Germanic cognates include Icelandic gæs, Faroese gás, Elfdalian gą̊s, Danish and Swedish gås, German Gans, German Low German Goos, Dutch gans, and finally English goose. Indo-European cognates include Albanian gatë (“heron”), Ancient Greek χήν (khḗn), Hindi हंस (hans), Latin ānser, and Lithuanian žąsìs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoːs/

Noun

gås f (definite singular gåsa, indefinite plural gjæser, definite plural gjæsene)

1. a goose
2. an imbecile (especially female)
3. (botany) rot in a tree caused by a fungal infection

Inflection

Derived terms

Related terms

• gasse m (“a gander (male goose)”)

References

• “gås” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• såg

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoːs/

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish gās, from Old Norse gás, from Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns (“goose”). Cognate with English goose, German Gans, etc.

In the other senses; referring to the goose ability to float on water.

Noun

gås c

1. a goose
2. (as product) a lump of butter that float on top the cream during churning

   Synonym: smörklump

3. (dated, as dish) butter flavoured with salt and given pleasing form, to be served as spread
4. (dated) a sandwich

   Synonyms: smörgås, macka

5. (slang, often with weak declension) a joint (marijuana cigarette)

   att röka en gås

   to smoke a joint

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gås

1. passive infinitive of gå
2. present passive of gå

References

• gås in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• såg