gans
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ɣɑns/
noun
Definitions
- A goose, a waterfowl of the family Anatidae, especially of the subfamily Anserinae excepting the genera Cygnus and Coscoroba; in non-scientific usage the term may be applied to larger waterfowl of the Anatidae who do not belong to the Anserinae.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch gans inherited from Proto-Germanic *gans (goose).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*gans
Gloss
goose
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Goose Village English
- goose English
- gooseberry English
- goosecap English
- goosedown English
- goosefish English
- goosegrass English
- gooseherd English
- goosehood English
- gooseish English
- gooseless English
- gooselike English
- gooseling English
- goosely English
- gooseneck English
- goosenecked English
- goosequill English
- goosery English
- gooseskin English
- goosetongue English
- goosewing English
- goosie English
- goosish English
- goosy English
- gosherd English
- gosling English
- peagoose English
- sheldgoose English
- ganta Latin
- Gans German
- Graugans German
- Gänschen German
- Gänseblümchen German
- Gänsebraten German
- Gänsebrust German
- Gänsefuß German
- Gänsehaut German
- Gänseküken German
- Gänseleber German
- Gänseliesel German
- Gänserich German
- Gänslein German
- Schneegans German
- Weihnachtsgans German
- Wildgans German
- gonzo Italian
- Nijl Dutch, Flemish
- bord Dutch, Flemish
- gansrijden Dutch, Flemish
- ganzenbord Dutch, Flemish
- ganzenborden Dutch, Flemish
- ganzeveer Dutch, Flemish
- god Dutch, Flemish
- godgans Dutch, Flemish
- kerst Dutch, Flemish
- kerstgans Dutch, Flemish
- nijlgans Dutch, Flemish
- rijden Dutch, Flemish
- sneeuw Dutch, Flemish
- sneeuwgans Dutch, Flemish
- veer Dutch, Flemish
- vet Dutch, Flemish
- vetgans Dutch, Flemish
- zee Dutch, Flemish
- zeegans Dutch, Flemish
- ganso Spanish, Castilian
- *ǵʰans- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰh₂éns Proto-Indo-European
- gås Norwegian Bokmål
- *gans Proto-Germanic
- gås Norwegian Nynorsk
- gåsunge Norwegian Nynorsk
- kanadagås Norwegian Nynorsk
- gōs Old English
- goos Middle English
- gás Old Norse
- gås Danish
- gåsepotentil Danish
- gåseøjne Danish
- gæs Icelandic
- gans Middle Dutch
- gans Old High German
- gans Afrikaans
- gás Faroese
- gansa Tagalog
- gans Middle High German
- *𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- *gans gmw-pro
- gôs Middle Low German
- gas Old Saxon
- gās Old Saxon
- Gaas Alemannic German
- Gants Alemannic German
- gas Old Swedish
- gas, gās Old Swedish
- ihansi Zulu
- gōs Old Frisian
- urhanisi Xhosa
- Goos Low German
- lihansi Swati
- Gans Pennsylvania German
- gaas Old Danish
- gansi Sranan Tongo
- gą̊s Elfdalian
- hanzi Shona
- kanso Karao
- gansu Yogad