gås
DanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
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).
NounEdit
gås c (singular definite gåsen, plural indefinite gæs)
InflectionEdit
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the main entry.
VerbEdit
gås
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse gás, from Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns (“goose”); cognate with English goose, German Gans.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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
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
NounEdit
gås f (definite singular gåsa, indefinite plural gjæser, definite plural gjæsene)
InflectionEdit
Historical inflection of gås
Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century. |
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
- gasse m (“a gander (male goose)”)
ReferencesEdit
- “gås” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
AnagramsEdit
SwedishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
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.
NounEdit
gås c
- a goose
DeclensionEdit
Declension of gås | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | gås | gåsen | gäss | gässen |
Genitive | gås | gåsens | gäss | gässens |
Derived termsEdit
- gåsapåg
- gåsdun
- gåse
- gåsflock
- gåsflott
- gåshane
- gåshanne
- gåshud
- gåskarl
- gåslever
- gåsmarsch
- gåsmiddag
- gåspenna
- gåsvaktare
- gåsägg
- gåsögon
- gåsört
- gässling
- mårtensgås
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the main entry.
VerbEdit
gås