gås

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Danish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɔːˀs/, [ˈɡ̊ɔˀs]

Etymology 1

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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

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gås c (singular definite gåsen, plural indefinite gæs)

  1. goose
Inflection
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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gås

  1. present tense passive of
  2. infinitive passive of

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse gás, from Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns (goose); cognate with English goose, German Gans.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. a goose

Derived terms

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  • gasse (male goose - a gander)

References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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stripegås (Anser indicus)

Etymology

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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

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Noun

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

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

Inflection

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Derived terms

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  • gasse m (a gander (male goose))

References

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Anagrams

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Swedish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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

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gås c

  1. a goose
  2. (as product) a lump of butter that float on top the cream during churning
    Synonym: smörklump
  3. (dated, as dish) butter flavoured with salt and given pleasing form, to be served as spread
  4. (dated) a sandwich
    Synonyms: smörgås, macka
  5. (slang, often with weak declension) a joint (marijuana cigarette)
    att röka en gås
    to smoke a joint
Declension
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Declension of gås 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative gås gåsen gäss gässen
Genitive gås gåsens gäss gässens
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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gås

  1. passive infinitive of
  2. present passive of

References

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Anagrams

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