gås

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

a goose

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

gasse (male goose - a gander)

ReferencesEdit

“gås” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian NynorskEdit

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gås

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

stripegås (Anser indicus)

EtymologyEdit

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.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ɡoːs/ (example of pronunciation)

NounEdit

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

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

InflectionEdit

Historical inflection of gås

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
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 [gåsi]	gjæser	gjæsene
2012 (current)	gås	gåsa	gjæser	gjæsene

Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. ¹Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century.