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).
gås c (singular definite gåsen, plural indefinite gæs)
common gender |
singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | gås | gåsen | gæs | gæssene |
genitive | gås' | gåsens | gæs' | gæssenes |
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
gås
From Old Norse gás, from Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns (“goose”); cognate with English goose, German Gans.
gås m or f (definite singular gåsen or gåsa, indefinite plural gjess or gjæser, definite plural gjessene or gjæsene)
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.
gås f (definite singular gåsa, indefinite plural gjæser, definite plural gjæsene)
singular | plural | ||||
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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 |
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.
gås c
nominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | gås | gås |
definite | gåsen | gåsens | |
plural | indefinite | gäss | gäss |
definite | gässen | gässens |
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
gås