gantes

Origin unknown. Possibly from the (mediopassive) Old Norse ganta(sk), (to fool around), cognate with Icelandic gantast.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡandəs/

gantes (past tense gantedes, past participle gantedes)

1. (archaic), to flirt with another person in a cheeky or sexual manner

• flirte
• fjase
• fjante

• “gantes” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “gantes” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

gantes

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of ganter

• agents, étangs, géants, stagne, stagné

gantes f pl

1. plural of gante (“rim”)