Goos

See also: goos, gooš, and Göös

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch and German Goos.

Proper noun

Goos (plural Gooses)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Goos is the 37029^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 603 individuals. Goos is most common among White (95.52%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Goos”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 66.

Klamath-Modoc

Alternative forms

• g̣o·s (Barker)
• kō′sh, kû′sh (Gatschet)

Noun

Goos

1. ponderosa (Pinus ponderosa)
2. tree

References

• Klamath Tribes Language Project
• Klamath Tribes (1989). ?ewksiknii?am hemkanks: Klamath Words and Phrases. pp. 7, 19.
• Barker, Muhammad A. R. (1963), Klamath Dictionary (University of California Publications in Linguistics)‎^[1], volume 31, Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press. p. 158.
• Gatschet, Albert Samuel (1890), The Klamath Indians of Southwestern Oregon: Dictionary of the Klamath Language‎^[2], Washington: United States Government Printing Office. p. 143.

Low German

Alternative forms

• (in some other dialects, including Low Prussian) Gans
• (in some other dialects, including Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch) Gaus (plural Gäus')
• (in some other dialects, including Münsterländisch, Ravensbergisch) Gaus
• Gos

Etymology

From Middle Low German gôs, gâs, gûs, from Old Saxon gās, gōs.

Cognates

Compare Dutch gans, German Gans, West Frisian goes, English goose, Danish gås.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoːs/

Noun

Goos f (plural Göös or Göös' or Geus or Geus')

1. (in several dialects) a (female) goose

Antonyms

• Ganter (male goose)

Derived terms

• Goosbloom
• Goosbraad
• Goosfett
• Gooshöder
• Spickgoos

See also

• Spickborst
• Gössel
• kiejacken

• Plautdietsch Gauns

References

• Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)