gås

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Danish

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Pronunciation

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 žąsi̇̀s, Sanskrit हंस (haṃsá).

Noun

gås c (singular definite gåsen, plural indefinite gæs)

  1. goose
Inflection
Declension of gås
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gås gåsen gæs gæssene
genitive gås' gåsens gæs' gæssenes

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gås

  1. present tense passive of
  2. infinitive passive of

Norwegian Bokmål

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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

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

  • gasse (male goose - a gander)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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stripegås (Anser indicus)

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 žąsi̇̀s.

Pronunciation

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

Historical inflection of gås
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
Aasen1 Gaas Gaasi Gjæser Gjæserna
1901 gaas gaasi gjæser (gjæsar) gjæserne (gjæsane)
1917 gås gåsa, gåsi gjæser, gjæsser gjæsene, gjæserne, gjæssene, gjæsserne
1938 gås gåsa gjæser gjæsene
2012 (current) gås gåsa gjæser gjæsene
  • Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard.
  • Forms in were official, but considered second-tier.
  • Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen.
  • 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century.

Derived terms

  • gasse m (a gander (male goose))

References

Anagrams

Swedish

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en gås som betar gräs (grågås)

Pronunciation

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
  2. present passive of

References

Anagrams