Gelage

German

Etymology

Borrowed (and phonetically adapted) from Middle Low German gelach, gelōch. Pertaining to legen (“to lay”) and hence originally “food and drink laid on the table”. Now often associated more closely with liegen (“to lie”) and interpreted as “party where people lie down drunk”. Compare Dutch gelag.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡəˈlaːɡə/
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Hyphenation: Ge‧la‧ge
Rhymes: -aːɡə

Noun

Gelage n (strong, genitive Gelages, plural Gelage)

carousal; feast

Declension

Declension of Gelage [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Gelage	die	Gelage
genitive	eines	des	Gelages	der	Gelage
dative	einem	dem	Gelage	den	Gelagen
accusative	ein	das	Gelage	die	Gelage