gås
Danish
Etymology 1
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.
Noun
gås c (singular definite gåsen, plural indefinite gæs)
- goose
Inflection
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | gås | gåsen | gæs | gæssene |
| genitive | gås' | gåsens | gæs' | gæssenes |
Etymology 2
See gå.
Verb
gås
- passive of gå
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse gás, from Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns (“goose”); cognate with English goose, German Gans.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɔːs/
Noun
gås m or f (definite singular gåsen or gåsa, indefinite plural gjess or gjæser, definite plural gjessene or gjæsene)
- a goose
Derived terms
- gåsehud
- gåsunge
Related terms
- gasse (male goose - a gander)
References
- “gås” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse gás. Akin to English goose.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡoːs/
Noun
gås f (definite singular gåsa, indefinite plural gjæser, definite plural gjæsene)
- a goose
Derived terms
- gåsunge
Related terms
- gasse (male goose - a gander)
References
- “gås” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology 1
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.
Noun
gås c
- a goose
Declension
| Declension of gås | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | gås | gåsen | gäss | gässen |
| Genitive | gås | gåsens | gäss | gässens |
Derived terms
- gåsapåg
- gåsdun
- gåse
- gåsflock
- gåsflott
- gåshane
- gåshanne
- gåshud
- gåskarl
- gåslever
- gåsmarsch
- gåsmiddag
- gåspenna
- gåsvaktare
- gåsägg
- gåsögon
- gåsört
- gässling
- mårtensgås
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
gås
- infinitive passive of gå.
- present tense passive of gå.
References
- gås in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)