rotgans
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See also: Rotgans
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Partial calque from a Scandinavian language. The first element is onomatopoeic and is unrelated to rot (“rot; rotten”) and rot- (“bad, nasty”); the second element is simply gans (“goose”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]rotgans f (plural rotganzen, diminutive rotgansje n)
- the brent goose, brant (Branta bernicla)
Derived terms
[edit]- witbuikrotgans (“Branta bernicla hrota”)
- zwartbuikrotgans (“Branta bernicla bernicla”)
- zwarte rotgans (“Branta bernicla nigricans”)
Further reading
[edit]- rotgans on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl