gasell

gasell m (definite singular gasellen, indefinite plural gaseller, definite plural gasellene)

1. form removed by a 2017 spelling decision; superseded by gaselle

From Arabic غَزَال (ḡazāl) via German Gazelle.

gasell m (definite singular gasellen, indefinite plural gasellar, definite plural gasellane)

1. a gazelle; (pre-2017) alternative form of gaselle f
   • 2011, Høgsongen 7,3 (The Song of Songs, chapter 7, verse 3; translated by the Norwegian Bible Society):

     Brysta dine er som to kalvar, tvillingar til ein gasell.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• “gasell” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from French gazelle, from Spanish gacela, from Arabic غَزَال (ḡazāl).

gasell c

1. gazelle
2. (informal) short for gasellföretag

• gasellföretag

• gasell in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• gasell in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• gasell in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)