Gänsebraten
German, noun/ˈɡɛnzəˌbʁaːtn̩/
Gänsebraten is spelled G-Ä-N-S-E-B-R-A-T-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 140,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gänsebraten is a German masculine noun meaning “roast goose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in einem Ofen gebackene Gans, die in Deutschland gerne als Weihnachtsbraten gegessen wird”.
What does Gänsebraten mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineroast goose
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. in einem Ofen gebackene Gans, die in Deutschland gerne als Weihnachtsbraten gegessen wird
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 Gänsebraten
- Gänsebratens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gänsebraten?
- /ˈɡɛnzəˌbʁaːtn̩/
- /ˈɡɛnzəˌbʁaːtən/
- [ˈɡɛnzəˌbʁaːtn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Gänsebraten in German?
Gänsebraten appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).