gans

See also: Gans, Gäns, and -gans

English

Verb

gans

1. (Geordie) third-person singular simple present indicative of gan

Anagrams

• AGNs, ANGs, GNAs, NSAG, nags, sang, snag

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch gans.

Pronunciation

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Noun

gans (plural ganse)

1. goose

Descendants

• → Xhosa: urhanisi
• → Zulu: ihansi

Cornish

Alternative forms

• gen

Etymology

From Old Cornish cant, from Proto-Celtic *kanta (“together with”).

Preposition

gans

1. with (in the company of)
2. with (expresses possession of something on one's person)
3. by (indicates the actor of a clause in the passive voice)
4. by (indicates the creator of a work)

Inflection

  Standard Written Form (Revived Middle Cornish)

	Singular	Plural
First person	genev	genen
Second person	genes	genowgh
Third person	ganso (m); gensi (f)	gansans, gansa

  Standard Written Cornish (Revived Late Cornish)

	Singular	Plural
First person	genam, genama, gena	genen, gena nei
Second person	genes, gena jy	genowgh, gena hwei
Third person	ganjo (m), gans ev (m); genjy (f), gans hei (f)	ganjans, gans anjei

  Standard Cornish

	Singular	Plural
First person	genef, genama	genen
Second person	genes	genowgh
Third person	ganso (m); gensy (f)	gansans, gansa

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “with”): hep, heb

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣɑns/

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• Hyphenation: gans
• Rhymes: -ɑns

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch gans (alongside gōs, gās), from Proto-West Germanic *gans, from Proto-Germanic *gans.

Noun

Indische gans
Bar-headed goose (literally: Indian goose)

gans f (plural ganzen, diminutive gansje n)

1. A goose, a waterfowl of the family Anatidae, especially of the subfamily Anserinae excepting the genera Cygnus and Coscoroba; in non-scientific usage the term may be applied to larger waterfowl of the Anatidae who do not belong to the Anserinae.

Alternative forms

• goes (dialectal)

Derived terms

• boerengans
• brandgans
• Canadese gans
• domme gans
• dwerggans
• ekstergans
• ganzenbord
• ganzenlever
• ganzenpas
• ganzenvoet
• ganzeveer
• grauwe gans
• halfgans
• huisgans
• Indische gans
• nijlgans
• rietgans
• roestgans
• roodhalsgans
• Ross' gans
• rotgans
• sneeuwgans
• soepgans
• vetgans
• zeegans
• zwaangans
• zwarte gans

 

Related terms

• ganzerik

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: gans
  • → Xhosa: urhanisi
  • → Zulu: ihansi
• Jersey Dutch: xânz
• Negerhollands: gans
• → Lokono: kansa
• → Caribbean Hindustani: hans
• → Papiamentu: gans (dated)
• → Sranan Tongo: gansi
  • → Aukan: gansi
  • → Saramaccan: gánsi

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch gansch, gans, gands, gants, borrowed from Middle High German ganz, from Old High German, from Proto-West Germanic *gant (“all, whole, entire”).

Determiner

gans

1. (now chiefly Belgium, informal) whole, entire

   Synonyms: heel, geheel, volledig

   het ganse land ― the whole country

   • 2022 March 10, Radionieuws (news bulletin; Readio), Brussels, via VRT:

     Dus de onderzoeksrechter wordt geacht ook om objectief te zijn. Allez, we hebben al gezegd van, kijk, u moet ons garanderen dat wij op een objectieve manier dit onderzoek kunnen verder voeren; wij twijfelen daar ook aan. En door het feit dat nu opnieuw gans dienen boel gelekt wordt, ja dan denken wij van, kijk, wat gebeurt hier opnieuw?

     So the investigating judge is supposed to be objective too. Well, we already said, look, you have to guarantee us that we can continue this investigation in an objective way; we have our doubts about that. And because of the fact that now, once more, the whole thing is leaked to the press, well then, we think, look, what is going on here, yet again?

Usage notes

• Comes across as old-fashioned in most of the Netherlands. Still common, though mostly informal, in Belgium and Dutch Limburg.

Declension

Declension of gans
uninflected	gans
inflected	ganse
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial
indefinite	m./f. sing.	ganse
	n. sing.	gans
	plural	ganse
definite		ganse
partitive

Alternative forms

• gansch (obsolete)

Derived terms

• van ganser harte

 

Descendants

• Negerhollands: gans

Adverb

gans

1. entirely

   Synonyms: geheel, helemaal, volledig

Alternative forms

• gansch (obsolete)

Indonesian

Etymology

ganteng + -s

Adjective

gans

1. (slang, text messaging) handsome

Latvian

Noun

gans m (1st declension, feminine form: gane)

1. (male) shepherd

Declension

Declension of gans (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	gans	gani
accusative (akuzatīvs)	ganu	ganus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	gana	ganu
dative (datīvs)	ganam	ganiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	ganu	ganiem
locative (lokatīvs)	ganā	ganos
vocative (vokatīvs)	gan	gani

Scots

Verb

gans

1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of gan

Volapük

Noun

gans

1. nominative plural of gan