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gent.

gander, male goose

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɣɛnt/

  1. gander, male goose

    archaic · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch gent, from Old Dutch *genit, variant of *ganut, from Proto-West Germanic *ganut, from Proto-Germanic *ganutaz.

noun/ɣɛnt/

  1. bird of the Sulidae family

    masculine
    De genten vormen een familie in de orde der Suliformes.
Where this word comes from

Back-formation from jan-van-gent.

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