galen

See also: Galen and galèn

Huave

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cadena.

Noun

galen

1. chain

References

• Stairs Kreger, Glenn Albert, Scharfe de Stairs, Emily Florence, Olvaries Oviedo, Proceso, Ponce Villanueva, Tereso, Comonfort Llave, Lorenzo (1981) Diccionario huave de San Mateo del Mar (Serie de vocabularios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 24)‎^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 94

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse galinn.

Alternative forms

• gælen, gælin (dialectal)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɡɑːlən/, /²ɡɑːɽən/

Adjective

galen (neuter gale, definite singular and plural galne, comparative galnare, indefinite superlative galnast, definite superlative galnaste)

1. crazy, mad, insane
2. wrong, incorrect

Derived terms

• galehus, galnehus

See also

• gal (Bokmål)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse gala.

Participle

galen (neuter gale, definite singular and plural galne)

1. past participle of gala

References

• “galen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Verb

galen

1. (deprecated template usage) past participle of gala

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish galin, from Old Norse galinn.

Adjective

galen (comparative galnare, superlative galnast)

1. crazy; lunatic, mad
2. crazy; out of control
3. crazy; filled with foolish or unreasoned affection
4. wrong; not quite correct

Declension

Inflection of galen
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	galen	galnare	galnast
Neuter singular	galet	galnare	galnast
Plural	galna	galnare	galnast
Masculine plural3	galne	galnare	galnast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	galne	galnare	galnaste
All	galna	galnare	galnaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Related terms

• gala
• galen vetenskapsman
• galenpanna
• galenskap
• galning
• helgalen
• hoppa i galen tunna

 

Anagrams

• Engla, algen, galne, lagen, legan, nagel