Ganter

See also: ganter

German

Etymology

Possibly an unshifted northern form (compare southern Ganser) from the merger of Middle High German ganser, ganzer, ganze with Middle Low German gante, from Old High German ganzo, earlier ganaʒʒo, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *ganzô. See English gander for more.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡantɐ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Gan‧ter

Noun

Ganter m (strong, genitive Ganters, plural Ganter)

  1. gander (male goose)

Declension
Declension of Ganter [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Ganter die Ganter
genitive eines des Ganters der Ganter
dative einem dem Ganter den Gantern
accusative einen den Ganter die Ganter

Further reading
  • “Ganter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Ganter” in Duden online

German Low German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Low German ganre, from Old Saxon *ganro, from Proto-West Germanic *ganʀō, from Proto-Germanic *ganzô.

Noun

Ganter m (plural Ganters)

  1. gander, male goose

See also
  • Vagel
  • Warveldeerten (Vertebrata)
  • Plautdietsch: Gaunta (Gaunter)

References
  • Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)
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