gås

From Old Danish gaas, from Old Norse gás, from Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns (“goose”). Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål gås, Swedish gås, Icelandic gæs, Faroese gás, English goose, West Frisian goes, Low German Goos, Gans, Dutch gans, German Gans.

gås c (singular definite gåsen, plural indefinite gæs)

1. goose

See gå.

gås

1. passive of gå

From Old Norse gás, from Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns (“goose”); cognate with English goose, German Gans.

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔːs/

gås m or f (definite singular gåsen or gåsa, indefinite plural gjess or gjæser, definite plural gjessene or gjæsene)

1. a goose

• gåsehud
• gåsunge

• gasse (male goose - a gander)

• “gås” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse gás. Akin to English goose.

• IPA^(key): /ɡoːs/

gås f (definite singular gåsa, indefinite plural gjæser, definite plural gjæsene)

1. a goose

• gåsunge

• gasse (male goose - a gander)

• “gås” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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.

gås c

1. a goose

• gåsapåg
• gåsdun
• gåse
• gåsflock
• gåsflott
• gåshane
• gåshanne
• gåshud
• gåskarl
• gåslever
• gåsmarsch
• gåsmiddag
• gåspenna
• gåsvaktare
• gåsägg
• gåsögon
• gåsört
• gässling
• mårtensgås

See the etymology of the main entry.

gås

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

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