Noun: Gans
Gender: Feminine
Hyphenation:
Nominative
Indefinite
| Singular | eine Gans |
| Plural | Gänse |
Definite
| Singular | die Gans |
| Plural | die Gänse |
Genitive
Indefinite
| Singular | einer Gans |
| Plural | Gänse |
Definite
| Singular | der Gans |
| Plural | der Gänse |
Dative
Indefinite
| Singular | einer Gans |
| Plural | Gänsen |
Definite
| Singular | der Gans |
| Plural | den Gänsen |
Accusative
Indefinite
| Singular | eine Gans |
| Plural | Gänse |
Definite
| Singular | die Gans |
| Plural | die Gänse |
Sample Sentences
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eingebildete Gans
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dumme Gans
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Aber tief muß uns empören / Was wir von der Leda lesen– / Welche Gans bist du gewesen, / Daß ein Schwan dich konnt betören! [1851, Heinrich Heine, “Mythologie”, in Romanzero, Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:]
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Geh' nur! Meinst du, daß ich dir nachheule, du Gans? Ach nein, Sie irren sich, meine Teuerste! (Get along with you! Did you think I'd whine after you, you goose? You are very much mistaken, my darling.) [1909 [1901], Thomas Mann, chapter 9, in Buddenbrooks […] , Berlin: Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, →OCLC, part 4, page 222:]
Nouns inflected like Gans
Gans,
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns
3. Proto-Germanic *gans
4. Proto-West Germanic *gans
5. Old High German gans
6. Middle High German gans
7. German Gans
8. From Middle High German gans, from Old High German gans, from Proto-West Germanic *gans, from Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.
9. Compare Low German Gans, Goos, Dutch gans, English goose, Danish gås. See: Dutch Nouns '
gans', English Nouns '
goose', Danish Nouns '
gås'.
Verbs referencing "Gans"
English Nouns
goose, Spanish Nouns
ganso, Danish Nouns
gås, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
gås, Swedish Nouns
gås, Faroese Nouns
gás, Old Norse Nouns
gás.
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