gammel
Danish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editAdjective
editgammel (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
editReferences
edit- “gammel” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Low German *gammel, from Old Saxon *gamal, from Proto-West Germanic *gamal, from Proto-Germanic *gamalaz (“old”). Doublet of gamel.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editgammel (comparative gammeler, superlative gammelst)
Inflection
editDeclension of gammel | ||||
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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
editGerman
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Verb
editgammel
- inflection of gammeln:
Norwegian Bokmål
editAlternative forms
edit- gammal (Nynorsk also)
Etymology
editFrom Danish gammel, from Old Norse gamall, compare native gammal; comparative and superlative forms from Old Norse ellri and Old Norse ellztr.
Adjective
editgammel (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
editReferences
edit- “gammel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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