See Gans in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"audio": "De-Gans.OGG",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0a/De-Gans.OGG/De-Gans.OGG.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/De-Gans.OGG"
},
{
"audio": "De-Gans2.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c5/De-Gans2.ogg/De-Gans2.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/De-Gans2.ogg",
"tags": [
"Germany",
"Berlin"
]
},
{
"homophone": "ganz (colloquial or non-careful speech)"
}
],
"word": "Gans"
}
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