gammel

See also: Gammel

Danish

Alternative forms

• gl. (abbreviation)

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ɡaməl/, [ˈɡ̊ɑml̩]

Adjective

gammel (neuter gammelt, plural and definite singular attributive gamle, comparative ældre, superlative (predicative) ældst, superlative (attributive) ældste)

1. old (having existed for a relatively long period of time)
2. old (belonging to a relatively distant time period)

Derived terms

• gamling
• urgammel

 

References

• “gammel” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Low German *gammel, from Old Saxon *gamal, from Proto-West Germanic *gamal, from Proto-Germanic *gamalaz (“old”). Doublet of gamel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣɑ.məl/

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• Hyphenation: gam‧mel

Adjective

gammel (comparative gammeler, superlative gammelst)

1. shaky, dilapidated, ramshackle

Inflection

Declension 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	—

Derived terms

• gammelheid

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

gammel

1. inflection of gammeln:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• gammal (Nynorsk also)

Etymology

From Danish gammel, from Old Norse gamall, compare native gammal; comparative and superlative forms from Old Norse ellri and Old Norse ellztr.

Adjective

gammel (neuter singular gammelt, definite singular and plural gamle, comparative eldre, indefinite superlative eldst, definite superlative eldste)

1. old (of an object, concept, etc: having existed for a relatively long period of time)
2. old (of a specified age)

   fem år gammel - five years old

Derived terms

• eldgammel
• gamleby
• gamleheim
• gamlehjem
• gammeldags
• gammelengelsk
• gammelfransk
• gammelgresk
• gammelnorsk
• gammelsaksisk
• urgammel
• århundregammel

 

References

• “gammel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.