Gämse

German

Alternative forms

Gams (Bavarian)
Gemse

Etymology

From earlier Gemse, from Middle High German gemeze, from Old High German gamiza (13th c.), from Late Latin camōx (5th c.), from Gaulish camox, probably from an extinct Alpine language (Raetic, Ancient Ligurian), possibly Proto-Indo-European *kem (“without horns”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛmzə/
Audio (file)

Noun

Gämse f (genitive Gämse, plural Gämsen)

chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra)

Declension

Declension of Gämse

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Gämse	die	Gämsen
genitive	einer	der	Gämse	der	Gämsen
dative	einer	der	Gämse	den	Gämsen
accusative	eine	die	Gämse	die	Gämsen

Further reading

Gämse in Duden online

References

Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

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