galge

Etymology

Reborrowing from Japanese ギャルゲー (gyaruge), a shortening of ギャルゲーム (gyaru gēmu), a rendering of the English words gal game.

Noun

galge (plural galge)

1. A video or computer game centered around interactions with attractive anime-style girls.

Etymology

From Old Norse galgi, from Proto-Germanic *galgô, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-, *ǵʰalg- (“long switch, rod, shaft, pole, perch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaljə/, [ˈɡ̊aljə]

Noun

galge c (singular definite galgen, plural indefinite galger)

1. gallows (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
2. gibbet (an upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display)

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkalːke/

Verb

galge

1. inflection of galgat:
   1. first-person dual present indicative
   2. third-person plural past indicative

Etymology

From Old Norse galgi

Noun

galge m (definite singular galgen, indefinite plural galger, definite plural galgene)

1. gallows (structure for hanging condemned prisoners)
2. a gantry

References

• “galge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Old Norse galgi

Noun

galge m (definite singular galgen, indefinite plural galgar, definite plural galgane)

1. gallows (structure for hanging condemned prisoners)
2. a gantry

References

• “galge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

From German Galgen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡâːlɡe/
• Hyphenation: gal‧ge

Noun

gȃlge f (Cyrillic spelling га̑лге)

1. (Kajkavian) gallows

Etymology

From Old Swedish galghe, from Old Norse galgi, from Proto-Germanic *galgô, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-, *ǵʰalg- (“long switch, rod, shaft, pole, perch”).

Noun

galge c

1. gallows (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
2. coat hanger