gås
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
gås c (singular definite gåsen, plural indefinite gæs)
Inflection edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
gås
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse gás, from Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns (“goose”); cognate with English goose, German Gans.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gås m or f (definite singular gåsen or gåsa, indefinite plural gjess or gjæser, definite plural gjessene or gjæsene)
- a goose
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- gasse (male goose - a gander)
References edit
- “gås” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
gås f (definite singular gåsa, indefinite plural gjæser, definite plural gjæsene)
Inflection edit
Historical inflection of gås
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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- gasse m (“a gander (male goose)”)
References edit
- “gås” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams edit
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
gås c
- a goose
- (as product) a lump of butter that float on top the cream during churning
- Synonym: smörklump
- (dated, as dish) butter flavoured with salt and given pleasing form, to be served as spread
- (dated) a sandwich
- (slang, often with weak declension) a joint (marijuana cigarette)
- att röka en gås
- to smoke a joint
Declension edit
| Declension of gås | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | gås | gåsen | gäss | gässen |
| Genitive | gås | gåsens | gäss | gässens |
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
gås