galge
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese ギャルゲー (gyaruge), a shortening of ギャルゲーム (gyaru gēmu), itself from English gal game.
Noun
galge (plural galge)
- (video games) A video game centered around interactions with attractive anime-style girls.
Afrikaans
Noun
galge
- plural of galg
Danish
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)
- gallows (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
- gibbet (an upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display)
Inflection
common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | galge | galgen | galger | galgerne |
genitive | galges | galgens | galgers | galgernes |
See also
galge on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkalːke/
Verb
galge
- inflection of galgat:
- first-person dual present indicative
- third-person plural past indicative
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse galgi.
Noun
galge m (definite singular galgen, indefinite plural galger, definite plural galgene)
- gallows (structure for hanging condemned prisoners)
- a gantry
References
- “galge” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse galgi.
Noun
galge m (definite singular galgen, indefinite plural galgar, definite plural galgane)
- gallows (structure for hanging condemned prisoners)
- a gantry
References
- “galge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From German Galgen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡâːlɡe/
- Hyphenation: gal‧ge
Noun
gȃlge f pl (Cyrillic spelling га̑лге)
- (Kajkavian, plural only) gallows
- 1936, Miroslav Krleža, “Galženjačka” in The Ballads of Petrica Kerempuh:
- Z tega pekla ni nazaj,
bogcu galge, grofu raj,
čerleni maj, kervavi maj.- From this hell there is no going back:
gallows for the poor man, paradise for the Count,
a scarlet May, a bloody May.
- From this hell there is no going back:
- 1936, Miroslav Krleža, “Galženjačka” in The Ballads of Petrica Kerempuh:
Swedish
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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”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²ɡaljɛ/
Noun
galge c
- gallows (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
- coat hanger
Declension
Declension of galge | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | galge | galgen | galgar | galgarna |
Genitive | galges | galgens | galgars | galgarnas |
Synonyms
- (coat hanger): klädhängare