Talk:Gnat

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Certainly not the normal German word for "gnat". I'm not having any luck finding it. Of course it's the German word for the fighter aircraft listed at Gnat#English, but not for the biting fly. —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 11:16, 18 April 2017 (UTC)Reply

A search for Gnat in Duden brings up Gnatz as the closest match. Anyway I think this German entry can be safely removed. DonnanZ (talk) 10:15, 19 April 2017 (UTC)Reply
One can find Gnat (= 1. f., the same as Germ. Gnad, Gnad' and Gnade, 2. m., proper noun, a cetain mountain or mountain range, 3. f., Gnat) and GNAT (= 1. GNAT, compiler, 2. GNAT, Go/No-go Association Test) in German texts. But I don't know which of these meanings are attestable. As an insect I haven't heard or seen it.
BTW: The meaning got added on the 26th September 2005 - so it was more than 11 years in the entry... -80.133.100.252 11:04, 19 April 2017 (UTC)Reply

Does this attest a German feminine noun "Gnat" meaning "Gnat"?

  • 2015, T. Mark McCurley and Kevin Maurer, Hunter Killer – Lautlos und tödlich: Amerikas geheimer Drohnenkrieg – Der Insiderbericht, Heyne (publisher) (google):
    Die Gnat konnte fast 40 Stunden in der Luft bleiben []
    Only an e-book edition at google - but e-book editions are used as sources in other entries too
  • 1974, Länder, Vöker, Kontinente. Band III: Sowjetunion - Asien - Australien und Ozeanien - Arktis und Antarktis - Die Meere, Bertelsmann Lexikon-Verlag (google)
    [] Flugzeuge der Typen Hunter F-56 (6 Staffeln), Canberra (4 Staffeln), Mystere (2 Staffeln) und Gnat (8 Staffeln). []
    Subtitle and year where compared with some other sources. As the snippet also has "Indien [] indischen Armee [] indischen Soldaten", it should indeed be vol. III (because India is part of Asia)
  • Flug Revue (google)
    In Großbritannien wurden sechs einsitzige D.H. 115 Vampire gekauft. 1958 folgte dann die Gnat.
    Only a snippet at google and "Flug Revue" is unprecise, but year, volume and page number given by google aren't necessarily correct and such information often is incorrect at google.
  • Jahrbuch der Luftwaffe (google)
    Alle 12 Piloten und 10 Kampfbeobachter mit unterschiedlicher Flugerfahrung von rund 2000 bis 3000 Gesamtflugstunden auf Flugzeugtypen wie Gnat, Hawk, F-104G, F-4F und Buccaneer waren bereits nach wenigen Flügen voll mit dem Tornado vertraut.
    Like before
  • Österreichische Militärische Zeitschrift (google)
    Die Nachteile der in verschiedenen Versionen gebauten Gnat liegen darin, dass zur Datenübermittlung ein bemanntes Flugzeug als Relaisstation eingesetzt werden muss, was die Vorteile einer langen Verweildauer über dem Zielgebiert relativiert.
    Like before
Improper cites:
  • Allgemeine schweizerische Militärzeitschrift ( google)
    Bei den Leichtflugzeugen der NATO-Klasse, wozu auch der Gnat, der Etendart VI und der Baroudeur gezählt werden mag, wurde die []
    Text from googles OCRed text preview not from a snippet of the text. Also "Allgemeine schweizerische Militärzeitschrift" is unprecise, but year, volume and page number given by google aren't necessarily correct and such information often is incorrect at google. Furthermore, this text has a masculine "Gnat", but a single cite can't attest this gender.
  • Internationales Asienforum (vol. 6, 1975?) (google))
    Es zeigte sich jedoch, daß ähnlich wie beim Nachbau des britischen Gnat der Stückpreis der MiG 21 mit der Erhöhung des indischen Anteils [] }
    Like before. Additionaly, this text also has an incorrect "Nachbau des Gnat Jagdbombers" (correct it would be "Gnat-Jagdbombers").

If it does attest it, then only gender and meaning have to be adjusted. -84.161.60.53 11:29, 28 June 2017 (UTC)Reply

RFV failed (insect).__Gamren (talk) 14:27, 16 September 2017 (UTC)Reply