gammel

See also: Gammel

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse gamall (“old”), from Proto-Germanic *gamalaz, maybe related to Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéy-mn̥- (“winter”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡaməl/, [ˈɡ̊ɑml̩]

Adjective

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

old (of an object, concept, etc: having existed for a relatively long period of time)

Descendants

Informal Northern High German, Low German: gammeln (to rot), gammelig (rotten)

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

gammel (comparative gammeler, superlative gammelst)

shaky (unsound)

Inflection

Inflection 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	—

German

Verb

gammel

First-person singular present of gammeln.
Imperative singular of gammeln.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

gammal (Nynorsk also)

Etymology

From Old Norse gamall; comparative and superlative froms 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)

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

Terms derived from gammel

References

“gammel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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