gans

gans

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

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

From Dutch gans.

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gans (plural ganse)

1. goose

• → Xhosa: urhanisi
• → Zulu: ihansi

• gen

From Old Cornish cant, from Proto-Celtic *kanta (“together with”).

gans

1. with (in the company of)
2. with (expresses possession of something on one's person)
3. by (indicates the actor of a clause in the passive voice)
4. by (indicates the creator of a work)

• (antonym(s) of “with”): hep, heb

• IPA^(key): /ɣɑns/

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• Hyphenation: gans
• Rhymes: -ɑns

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

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

• goes (dialectal)

• 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

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”).

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?

• Comes across as old-fashioned in most of the Netherlands. Still common, though mostly informal, in Belgium^[1] and Dutch Limburg.

• (obsolete) gansch, gantsch

• Afrikaans: gans
• Negerhollands: gans

gans

1. entirely

   Synonyms: geheel, helemaal, volledig

• gansch (obsolete)

ganteng + -s

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

gans

1. (slang) handsome

gans m (1st declension, feminine form: gane)

1. (male) shepherd

gans

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

gans

1. nominative plural of gan