GEESE
What does "GEESE" mean?
The irregular plural of goose: large waterfowl with long necks and webbed feet.
Meanings
- More than one goose; large, web-footed water birds noted for their honking and migration. A wedge of geese crossed the autumn sky, honking south.
Did you know?
- 'Geese' isn't goose-plus-s; the vowel swap is a frozen Old English sound change called i-mutation, which is exactly why 'moose' stays 'moose' in the plural.
Word origin
Irregular plural of 'goose', from Old English 'gos', plural 'ges'; the vowel change is an ancient pattern called i-mutation, not the modern '-s' rule.
Remember it
GOOSE to GEESE: swap the round 'OO' for a sharp double 'EE', like the birds tightening into a V.
A little poem
Grey arrowhead sky-
the geese write one long sentence
and never look back.
haiku
Wordplay
- If one goose becomes geese, my friend argued, then two moose should be meese. The dictionary refused to comment.
What it teaches
Old rules leave deep grooves; the strangest words are usually just the oldest ones, still obeying a lost grammar.
Quick facts
What does GEESE mean?
The irregular plural of goose: large waterfowl with long necks and webbed feet.
Is GEESE a valid word?
Yes — GEESE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is GEESE?
GEESE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does GEESE come from?
Irregular plural of 'goose', from Old English 'gos', plural 'ges'; the vowel change is an ancient pattern called i-mutation, not the modern '-s' rule.
What can GEESE teach us?
Old rules leave deep grooves; the strangest words are usually just the oldest ones, still obeying a lost grammar.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.