gammal

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse gamall; comparative and superlative forms from Old Norse ellri and Old Norse ellztr.

Adjective

gammal (neuter singular gammalt, definite singular and plural gamle, comparative eldre, indefinite superlative eldst, definite superlative eldste)

  1. (rare) alternative form of gammel
    • 2021, Endre Enghaug, “Kristiania”:
      Jeg drømmer om å reise litt i tid
      og finne noe gammalt som gikk tapt på veien hit.
      I dream about to take a short time travel
      and find someting old, which was lost on the path hither.

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse gamall; comparative and superlative forms from Old Norse ellri and Old Norse ellztr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²ɡɑmːɑl/

Adjective

gammal (masculine and feminine gammal, neuter gammalt, definite singular and plural gamle, comparative eldre, indefinite superlative eldst, definite superlative eldste)

  1. alternative form of gamal (“old”)

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish gamal, from Old Norse gamall, from Proto-Germanic *gamalaz. Compare Danish gammel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²ɡamːal/, [˧˩ɡämː˥˩äl̪]
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

gammal (comparative äldre, superlative äldst)

  1. old (having existed for a long time)
    Antonym: ung
    Mormor är gammal.
    Grandma is old.
    en gammal tradition
    an old tradition
  2. old (of a specified age)
    Hon är 43 år gammal.
    She is 43 years old.
    Hur gammal är du?
    How old are you?
  3. old (having been something for a long time)
    en gammal vän
    an old friend
  4. old (previous, former)
    Synonym: (previous) tidigare
    hennes gamla pojkvän
    her old boyfriend

Declension

Inflection of gammal
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular gammal äldre äldst
neuter singular gammalt äldre äldst
plural gamla äldre äldst
masculine plural2 gamla äldre äldst
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 gamle äldre äldste
all gamla äldre äldsta

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

See also

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.