gås
DanishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Danish gaas, from Old Norse gás, from Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns (“goose”). Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål gås, Swedish gås, Icelandic gæs, Faroese gás, English goose, West Frisian goes, Low German Goos, Gans, Dutch gans, German Gans.
NounEdit
gås c (singular definite gåsen, plural indefinite gæs)
InflectionEdit
Etymology 2Edit
See gå.
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, 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. Akin to English goose.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
gås f (definite singular gåsa, indefinite plural gjæser, definite plural gjæsene)
- a goose
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
- gasse (male goose - a gander)
ReferencesEdit
- “gås” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
SwedishEdit
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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
ReferencesEdit
- gås in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)