gælde
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Danish gialdæ, from Old Norse gjalda, from Proto-Germanic *geldaną (“to pay, have value”), cognate with Swedish gälda, English yield, German gelten.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
gælde (past tense gjaldt, past participle gjaldt or gældt)
- (intransitive) to hold good, be valid
- (intransitive) to be effective, be in force
- (intransitive) tobe good for, be regarded as, pass for (with the preposition for)
- (transitive) to apply to, concern
- (passive voice, children's language) to count
- 1956, Niels E. Nielsen, Dagen med smil og tårer:
- Det gælds ikke, om man kom en anelse for tidligt.
- It doesn't count if you come a bit too early.
- 1990, Nis Boesdal, Jul på landevejskroen:
- Sådan noget gældes ikke, når det er engler!
- Things like that don't count when it's angels!
Conjugation edit
Inflection of gælde
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “gælde” in Den Danske Ordbog