gander
To ramble, wanderTo ramble, wander
» Let me take a gander.
Lass mich mal ein Auge drauf werfen. — pne
Дай я взгляну. — shanghainese
Дай мне взглянуть. — marafon
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1 senses(dialectal)To ramble, wander
Examples
9 sentencesLet me take a gander.
ruДай я взгляну. — shanghainese
deLass mich mal ein Auge drauf werfen. — pne
A gander is a male goose.
deEin Ganter ist eine männliche Gans. — Vortarulo
Let's have a gander at this insolent man.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
Origin
From Middle English gandre, from Old English gandra, ganra (“gander”), from Proto-West GerFrom Middle English gandre, from Old English gandra, ganra (“gander”), from Proto-West Germanic *ganʀō, from Proto-Germanic *ganzô (“gander”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns (“goose”). The meaning "a look" is derived from the image of craning one's neck like a goose. The meaning 'a man apart from his wife' is derived from a concept of a grass widower, and of calling a husband a goose.
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Forms
ganders, gandering, gandered, ganderedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.