gås

See also gas, gæs, gás, and gaas

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse gás, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰáns (“goose”).

Cognate with Dutch gans, English goose, Faroese gás, German Gans, Icelandic gæs, Norwegian gås and Swedish gås.

Noun

gås c (singular definite gåsen, plural indefinite gæs)

1. goose

Inflection

    Inflection of gås

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	gås	gåsen	gæs	gæssene
genitive	gås'	gåsens	gæs'	gæssenes

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse gæs; cognate with English goose, German Gans.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /gɔːs/

Noun

gås (definite singular gåsen or gåsa, indefinite plural gjess, definite plural gjessene)

1. goose

Derived terms

• gåsehud

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Swedish

Etymology

Old Norse gæs, cognate with English goose, German Gans etc.

Noun

gås c

1. a goose

Declension

Declension of gås

	singular		plural
Common	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

Verb

gås

1. infinitive passive of gå.
2. present tense passive of gå.

References

• gås in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)