gås

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gas"

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔːˀs/, [ˈɡ̊ɔˀs]

Etymology 1

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

gås c (singular definite gåsen, plural indefinite gæs)

1. goose

Inflection

Declension of gås

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gås	gåsen	gæs	gæssene
genitive	gås'	gåsens	gæs'	gæssenes

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gås

1. present tense passive of gå
2. infinitive 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)

1. a goose

Derived terms

• gåsehud
• gåsunge
• kanadagås

Related terms

• gasse (male goose - a gander)

References

• “gås” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

stripegås (Anser indicus)

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ɡoːs/

Noun

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

Historical inflection of gås indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural Aasen1 Gaas Gaasi Gjæser Gjæserna 1901 gaas gaasi gjæser (gjæsar) gjæserne (gjæsane) 1917 gås gåsa, gåsi gjæser, gjæsser gjæsene, gjæserne, gjæssene, gjæsserne 1938 gås gåsa [gåsi] gjæser gjæsene 2012 (current) gås gåsa gjæser gjæsene Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century.

Derived terms

• dverggås
• eskimogås
• fagergås
• grågås
• gåsauge
• gåseblom
• gåsefeitt
• gåsegang
• gåsegg
• gåselever
• gåsespove
• gåsunge
• hanngås
• hawaiigås
• hønsegås
• kanadagås
• keisargås
• kortnebbgås
• kvitkinngås
• mortensgås
• polargås
• raudhalsgås
• ringgås
• skoggås
• smørgås
• snøgås
• stripegås
• svanegås
• sædgås
• tundragås
• unggås
• villgås
• ølgås

 

Related terms

• gasse m (“a gander (male goose)”)

References

• “gås” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• såg

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoːs/

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.

In the other senses; referring to the goose ability to float on water.

Noun

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

Declension of gås

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	gås	gås
	definite	gåsen	gåsens
plural	indefinite	gäss	gäss
	definite	gässen	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 corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gås

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

References

• gås in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• såg