gose

German Gose, the name of the beer, from the name of the river Gose which flows through Goslar and from which its brewers took water to make it.

• IPA^(key): /ɡoʊzə/, /ɡoʊsə/

gose (countable and uncountable, plural goses)

1. A beer brewed since the 16th century, in Goslar and later Leipzig, with malted wheat, salt, and coriander.
   • 2022 July 21, Eric Kim, “Welcome to Chicago, Hot Dog Town, U.S.A.”, in The New York Times‎:

     I would happily drink beer with a Chicago-style dog. Pilsener, Kölsch or gose would be my choices, but your own favorite style will also make a great combination.

• EOGs, GEOs, Sego, egos, geos, goes, sego

Possibly related to Italian gozzo, or from Vulgar Latin *gusia, *gausia, from Late Latin geusiae, of Gaulish origin (compare French gosier).

gose f (plural gosis)

1. crop (of a bird)

gose

1. gourd

gose

1. Alternative form of goos