Gans
German, noun/ɡans/
Gans is spelled G-A-N-S (4 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written German, the 16,945th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gans is a German feminine noun meaning “goose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine ganze Reihe von nicht unmittelbar verwandten Gattungen der Gänsevögel (Halslänge zwischen Ente und…”.
What does Gans mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegoose
- 2
derogatoryfemininehen; silly goose
eingebildete Gans
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine ganze Reihe von nicht unmittelbar verwandten Gattungen der Gänsevögel (Halslänge zwischen Ente und Schwan, Beine nicht ganz so kurz wie bei den Enten) 2. Unterfamilie der Entenvögel 3. die Hausgans (Anser anserf.domestica) 4. weibliche Gans
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Gans
- Gänse plural
- Gänschen diminutive neuter
- Gänslein diminutive neuter
- Gansl diminutive neuter
- Ganserl diminutive neuter
- Gänsen dative definite plural
- Gänserich masculine
- Ganser masculine
- Ganterich masculine
- Ganter masculine
- Gössel masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gans?
- /ɡans/
- [ɡans]
- [ɡant͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gans
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gans in German?
Gans appears 3.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).