gammel

• gl. (abbreviation)

From Old Danish gamæl, from Old Norse gamall (“old”), from Proto-Germanic *gamalaz, cognate with Swedish gammal, Dutch gammel.

The comparative and the superlative are formed from a different stem: ældre, ældst, from Old Norse ellri, ellztr, from Proto-Germanic *alþizô, *alþistaz, cognate with English elder, eldest, Dutch ouder, oudst and German älter, ältest. The West Germanic languages have a positive from the same stem: English old, Dutch oud and German alt, from *aldaz.

• IPA^(key): /ɡaməl/, [ˈɡ̊ɑml̩]

gammel (neuter gammelt, plural and definite singular attributive gamle, comparative ældre, superlative (predicative) ældst, superlative (attributive) ældste)

1. old (having existed for a relatively long period of time)
2. old (belonging to a relatively distant time period)

• “gammel” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Middle Low German *gammel, from Old Saxon *gamal, from Proto-West Germanic *gamal, from Proto-Germanic *gamalaz (“old”). Doublet of gamel.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣɑ.məl/

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• Hyphenation: gam‧mel

gammel (comparative gammeler, superlative gammelst)

1. shaky, dilapidated, ramshackle

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gammel

1. inflection of gammeln:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative

• gammal (Nynorsk also)

From Danish gammel, from Old Norse gamall, compare native gammal; comparative and superlative forms from Old Norse ellri and Old Norse ellztr.

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

• “gammel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.