galen

galen

See also: Galen and galèn

Huave

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cadena.

Noun

galen

1. chain

References

• Stairs Kreger, Glenn Albert; Scharfe de Stairs, Emily Florence; Olvaries Oviedo, Proceso; Ponce Villanueva, Tereso; Comonfort Llave, Lorenzo (1981) Diccionario huave de San Mateo del Mar (Serie de vocabularios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 24)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 94

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse galinn.

Alternative forms

• gælen, gælin (dialectal)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɡɑːlən/, /²ɡɑːɽən/

Adjective

galen (neuter gale, definite singular and plural galne, comparative galnare, indefinite superlative galnast, definite superlative galnaste)

1. crazy, mad, insane
2. wrong, incorrect

Derived terms

• galehus, galnehus

See also

• gal (Bokmål)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse gala.

Participle

galen (neuter gale, definite singular and plural galne)

1. past participle of gala

References

• “galen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Verb

galen

1. past participle of gala.

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish galin, from Old Norse galinn.

Adjective

galen (comparative galnare, superlative galnast)

1. crazy, insane (e.g. of a person or situation)

   Han är galen

   He is crazy

   Han blev galen av ilska

   He went crazy with anger

2. (with i (“in”)) crazy about (loving)

   Jag är galen i majs

   I'm crazy about corn

3. wrong, amiss

   Ojdå, det där blev lite galet

   Oops, that turned out a bit crazy

4. (gone) awry (not according to plan)

   Det gick galet

   It went awry (turned out crazy)

   Synonyms: fel, snett, på tok

Usage notes

Always of things going wrong in the construction "gå galet." Think "went awry" rather than "went crazy." To go crazy is expressed as "bli galen" (become crazy).

Declension

Inflection of galen
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	galen	galnare	galnast
Neuter singular	galet	galnare	galnast
Plural	galna	galnare	galnast
Masculine plural3	galne	galnare	galnast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	galne	galnare	galnaste
All	galna	galnare	galnaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Synonyms

• tokig

Related terms

• gala
• galenpanna
• galenskap
• galen vetenskapsman
• galning
• helgalen
• hoppa i galen tunna

 

Anagrams

• Engla, algen, galne, lagen, legan, nagel