Goos
German 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
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle Low German gôs, gâs, gûs, from Old Saxon gās, gōs, from Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰans-. Compare Dutch gans, German Gans, English goose, West Frisian goes, Danish gås.
Noun
Goos f (plural Göös or Göös' or Geus')
Antonyms
- Ganter (male goose)
Derived terms
See also
- Plautdietsch: Gauns
References
- Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)
Categories:
- Low German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German Low German terms inherited from Middle Low German
- German Low German terms derived from Middle Low German
- German Low German terms inherited from Old Saxon
- German Low German terms derived from Old Saxon
- German Low German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German Low German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German Low German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German Low German lemmas
- German Low German nouns
- German Low German feminine nouns
- nds-de:Animals
- nds-de:Birds