gammel
Danish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse gamall (“old”), from Proto-Germanic *gamalaz, cognate with Swedish gammal, Dutch gammel.
The comparative and the superlative are formed from a different stem: ældre, ældst, from Old Norse ellri, ellztr, from Proto-Germanic *alþizô, *alþistaz, cognate with English elder, eldest, Dutch ouder, oudst and German älter, ältest. The West Germanic languages have a positive from the same stem: English old, Dutch oud and German alt, from *aldaz.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
gammel (neuter gammelt, plural and definite singular attributive gamle, comparative ældre, superlative (predicative) ældst, superlative (attributive) ældste)
- old (having existed for a relatively long period of time)
- old (belonging to a relatively distant time period)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “gammel” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German *gammel, from Old Saxon *gamal, from Proto-West Germanic *gamal, from Proto-Germanic *gamalaz (“old”). Doublet of gamel.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
gammel (comparative gammeler, superlative gammelst)
Inflection edit
| Inflection of gammel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | gammel | |||
| inflected | gammele | |||
| comparative | gammeler | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | gammel | gammeler | het gammelst het gammelste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | gammele | gammelere | gammelste |
| n. sing. | gammel | gammeler | gammelste | |
| plural | gammele | gammelere | gammelste | |
| definite | gammele | gammelere | gammelste | |
| partitive | gammels | gammelers | — | |
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German edit
Pronunciation edit
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Verb edit
gammel
- inflection of gammeln:
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
- gammal (Nynorsk also)
Etymology edit
From Danish gammel, from Old Norse gamall, compare native gammal; comparative and superlative forms from Old Norse ellri and Old Norse ellztr.
Adjective edit
gammel (neuter singular gammelt, definite singular and plural gamle, comparative eldre, indefinite superlative eldst, definite superlative eldste)
- old (of an object, concept, etc: having existed for a relatively long period of time)
- old (of a specified age)
- fem år gammel - five years old
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “gammel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.