gans

See also: Gans, Gäns, and -gans

English

Pronunciation

• (Northumbria) IPA^(key): /ɡænz/

Verb

gans

1. (Geordie) third-person singular simple present indicative of gan

Anagrams

• AGNs, nags, ANGs, Angs, ngas, snag, NSAG, sang, SNAG, GNAs, Sang

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch gans.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

gans (plural ganse)

1. goose

Descendants

• → Xhosa: urhanisi
• → Zulu: ihansi

Cornish

Alternative forms

• gen (Revived Late Cornish)

Etymology

From Old Cornish cant, from Proto-Brythonic *gant, from Proto-Celtic *kanta (“together with”). Cognate with Welsh gan.

Preposition

gans

1. with (in the company of)
2. with (expresses possession of something on one's person)

   Antonym: heb

3. by (indicates the actor of a clause in the passive voice)
4. by (indicates the creator of a work)

Inflection

Inflection of gans

		singular	plural
1st person		genev	genen
2nd person		genes	genowgh
3rd person	m	ganso	gansa
	f	gensi

Derived terms

• akordya gans (“agree with”, verb)
• akordya y golon gans (“be consistent with”, verb)
• assentya gans (“agree with, take the side of”, verb)
• bos da gans (“be liked by”, verb)
• bos gans flogh (“expect (a child)”, verb)
• bos gwell gans (“be preferred by”, verb)
• bos kemerys gans (“be impressed by”, verb)
• bos kompes gans (“be level with, be even with”, verb)
• bos usys gans (“be accustomed to”, verb)
• dyski gans (“learn from”, verb)
• gans amovyans (“emotionally”)
• gans flogh (“pregnant”)
• gans ganow (“by word of mouth”)
• gans golow (“alight, lit”)
• gans henna (“thereby”)
• gans leugh (“with calf”)
• gans meur a gris (“vigorously”)
• gans oll ow holon vy (“sincerely yours”)
• gans outray (“furiously; extreme”)
• gans pub bolonjedh da (“with all good wishes”)
• gans rach (“careful; carefully”)
• gans tan (“alight, on fire”)
• gwari gans gwelen dhewblek (“play a double game”, verb)
• gweskel gans pellen (“shoot (with bullets)”, verb)
• gweskel gans seth (“shoot (with arrow)”, verb)
• halyans a-dryv gans bagh (“back heave on a crook”, verb)
• kestava gans (“keep in touch with”, verb)
• klewes gans (“hear from”, verb)
• kowethya gans (“associate with”, verb)
• lamma gans gwelen, lemmel gans gwelen (“pole vault”)
• lieshes gans (“multiplied by”)
• metya gans nebonan (“meet with somebody (planned)”, verb)
• mos gans, mos war-barth gans (“escort”, verb)
• mos yn-mes gans (“date (romantically)”, verb)
• plegya gans (“be pleasing to”, verb)
• pysi gans (“pray with”, verb)
• ranadow gans (“divisible by”, adjective)
• res yw usya wrynch ganso (“there's a knack to it”, idiom)
• ri farwell gans an leuv (“wave goodbye”, verb)
• rynnys gans (“divided by”)
• treghi gans hesken (“saw”, verb)
• yn akord gans (“consistent with”, preposition)

Mutation

Mutation of gans

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
gans	ans	unchanged	kans	hans

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• “gans” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣɑns/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: gans
• Rhymes: -ɑns

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch gans (alongside gōs, gās), from Proto-West Germanic *gans, from Proto-Germanic *gans.

Noun

Indische gans
Bar-headed goose (literally: Indian goose)

gans f (plural ganzen, diminutive gansje n)

1. 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

Alternative forms

• goes (dialectal)

Derived terms

• boerengans
• brandgans
• Canadese gans
• domme gans
• dwerggans
• ekstergans
• ganzenbloem
• ganzenbord
• ganzenlever
• ganzenpas
• ganzenvoet
• ganzeveer
• grauwe gans
• halfgans
• huisgans
• Indische gans
• nijlgans
• rietgans
• roestgans
• roodhalsgans
• Ross' gans
• rotgans
• sneeuwgans
• soepgans
• vetgans
• zeegans
• zwaangans
• zwarte gans

Related terms

• ganzerik

Descendants

• Afrikaans: gans
  • → Xhosa: urhanisi
  • → Zulu: ihansi
• Jersey Dutch: xânz
• Negerhollands: gans
• → Lokono: kansa
• → Caribbean Hindustani: hans
• → Papiamentu: gans (dated)
• → Sranan Tongo: gansi
  • → Aukan: gansi
  • → Saramaccan: gánsi

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch gansch, gans, gands, gants, borrowed from Middle High German ganz, from Old High German, from Proto-West Germanic *gant (“all, whole, entire”).

Determiner

gans

1. (now chiefly Belgium, informal) whole, entire

   Synonyms: heel, geheel, volledig

   het ganse land ― the whole country

   • 2022 March 10, Radionieuws (news bulletin; radio), Brussels, via VRT:

     Dus de onderzoeksrechter wordt geacht ook om objectief te zijn. Allez, we hebben al gezegd van, kijk, u moet ons garanderen dat wij op een objectieve manier dit onderzoek kunnen verder voeren; wij twijfelen daar ook aan. En door het feit dat nu opnieuw gans dienen boel gelekt wordt, ja dan denken wij van, kijk, wat gebeurt hier opnieuw?

     So the investigating judge is supposed to be objective too. Well, we already said, look, you have to guarantee us that we can continue this investigation in an objective way; we have our doubts about that. And because of the fact that now, once more, the whole thing is leaked to the press, well then, we think, look, what is going on here, yet again?

Usage notes

• Comes across as old-fashioned in most of the Netherlands. Still common, though mostly informal, in Belgium and Dutch Limburg.

Declension

Declension of gans
uninflected	gans
inflected	ganse
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		—
indefinite	m./f. sing.	ganse
	n. sing.	gans
	plural	ganse
definite		ganse
partitive		—

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) gansch, gantsch

Derived terms

• van ganser harte

Descendants

• Afrikaans: gans
• Negerhollands: gans

Adverb

gans

1. entirely

   Synonyms: geheel, helemaal, volledig

Alternative forms

• gansch (obsolete)

Derived terms

• helegans

Indonesian

Etymology

ganteng + -s

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡans/ [ˈɡans]
• Rhymes: -ans
• Syllabification: gans

Adjective

gans

1. (slang) handsome

Latvian

Noun

gans m (1st declension, female equivalent gane)

1. (male) shepherd

Declension

Declension of gans (1st)

	singular	plural
nominative	gans	gani
genitive	gana	ganu
dative	ganam	ganiem
accusative	ganu	ganus
instrumental	ganu	ganiem
locative	ganā	ganos
vocative	gan	gani

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gans, from Proto-Germanic *gans.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡans̠/
• Rhymes: -ans̠

Noun

gans f

1. goose

Declension

Declension of gans (feminine i-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	gans	gansi
accusative	gans	gansi
genitive	gansi	ganso
dative	gansi	gansim, gansen

Descendants

• Middle High German: gans, gas
  • Alemannic German: Gaas, Gants (Uri)
  • German: Gans
  • Luxembourgish: Gäns, Gaus
  • Vilamovian: gaons
  • Yiddish: גאַנדז (gandz)

Scots

Verb

gans

1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of gan

Volapük

Noun

gans

1. nominative plural of gan