Swedish noun

en gås

gooseAlso the passive of gå./ɡoːs/

Meaning

goose

In Swedish: andfågel av underfamiljen Anserinae

Forms

Forms of gås
Singular, indefiniteen gås
Singular, definitegåsen
Plural, indefinitegäss
Plural, definitegässen

gås is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor gås, den stora gåsen. Check another noun

Practise gås

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Is it en gås or ett gås?

gås in a sentence

  • att röka en gås
    to smoke a joint

Words built with gås

  • grågås greylag

Questions

What does gås mean in English?

gås means “goose”.

Is it en gås or ett gås?

It is en gås, and “the goose” is gåsen.

What is the plural of gås?

The plural of gås is gäss, and the definite plural is gässen.

Similar words

dumbom

Nearby common words

gås is number 5,964 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary