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gander.

gander, male goose

6 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. gander, male goose

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Most likely from English gander or Low German gander, ganner. Both are possibly formed from gans (“goose”) in an analogous way as kater (“male cat”) from kat (“(female) cat”) and doffer (“male dove”) from duif (“(female) dove”).

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