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gammel

gammel

Danish

Adjective

gammel (neuter gammelt, e-form gamle, comparative ældre, superlative (predicative) ældst, superlative (attributive) }}})

  1. 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

Adjective

gammel (comparative gammeler, superlative gammelst)

  1. 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

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse gamall

Alternative forms

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

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