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In Swedish, a sandwich is ‘smörgås’, which literally means butter-goose! Why is that? And the plural form is not 'smörgäss' (butter-geese), but 'smörgåsar' (butter-gooses). In this video we’ll sort out where this word comes from, and how it came to be declined the way it is.

Original Swedish version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNmHQH2EFPg
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CREDITS
’Ölgås 1’ by Kalmar Auktionsverk/auctionet.se
’Ölgås 2’ by Auktionshuset Gomér & Andersson/auctionet.se
’Ölfågel in Bowl’ by Norsk Folkemuseum
‘Churn Dasher’ by Jodi Lenz/curiousacorn.blogspot.com
‘Butter in Buttermilk’ by Adam Engelhart
‘Buttermilk Straining’ by Rebecca Siegel
‘Kneaded Butter’ by Rebecca Siegel
‘Hot Cross Buns’ by Bob Peters

Other images used with permission.

Music by Magne Johansen
soundcloud.com/user-158730231
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['Swedish smörgås', 'smörgås etymology', 'Swedish historical linguistics', 'language change', 'Swedish grammar', 'smörgås butter-goose', 'sandwich smörgås', 'Swedish smorgas', 'smorgasbord etymology', 'Swedish language', 'history of Swedish', 'smorgasbord origin']
Why is sandwich called ‘smörgås’? (Swedish with English subtitles)
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