rotgans

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔt.xɑns/

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• Hyphenation: rot‧gans

rotgans f (plural rotganzen, diminutive rotgansje n)

1. the brent goose, brant, Branta bernicla

• witbuikrotgans (“Branta bernicla hrota”)
• zwartbuikrotgans (“Branta bernicla bernicla”)
• zwarte rotgans (“Branta bernicla nigricans”)

•   rotgans on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl