Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Danish gælninger, from galin + -inger, equivalent to galen (crazy, mad) +‎ -ing (-y, -ie). Cognate with Swedish galning, Norwegian Bokmål galning (also gærning) and Norwegian Nynorsk galning.

Noun

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galning c (singular definite galningen, plural indefinite galninge)

  1. a lunatic, a madman

Declension

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Declension of galning

gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative galning galningen galninge galningene
genitive galnings galningens galninges galningenes
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From galen +‎ -ing. Compare to Swedish galning and Danish galning

Pronunciation

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Noun

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galning m (definite singular galningen, indefinite plural galningar, definite plural galningane)

  1. a lunatic, madman

References

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish gælninger, from galin + -inger, equivalent to galen (crazy, mad) +‎ -ing (-y, -ie). Cognate with Danish galning, Norwegian Bokmål galning (also gærning) and Norwegian Nynorsk galning.

Noun

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galning c

  1. a lunatic, a madman

Declension

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Anagrams

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