galg

From Dutch galg, from Middle Dutch galge, from Old Dutch *galga, from Proto-Germanic *galgô, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-, *ǵʰalg- (“long switch, rod, shaft, pole, perch”).

• IPA^(key): /χalχ/

galg (plural galge, diminutive galgie)

1. gallows

From Middle Dutch galge, from Old Dutch *galga, from Proto-Germanic *galgô, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-, *ǵʰalg- (“long switch, rod, shaft, pole, perch”). Compare German Galgen, West Frisian galge, English gallows, Danish galge.

• IPA^(key): /ɣɑlx/

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• Hyphenation: galg
• Rhymes: -ɑlx

galg f (plural galgen, diminutive galgje n)

1. gallows, wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging
2. (metonymic) the death sentence, notably by hanging
3. a stake or pole to hang/suspend objects on

• Afrikaans: galg
• Negerhollands: galg