galt
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]galt
- Alternative form of gault
References
[edit]- “galt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
[edit]Alemannic German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German galt.
Compare Cimbrian galt (“not milch; barren”), Carinthian galt (“infertile or pregnant (therefore not milch)”), Swabian gall (“(of sheep) not pregnant”), German gelt (“infertile”), Tyrolean galt (“unfarmed land”), Danish gold (“barren; sterile; not milch”), Old Swedish galdvider (“barren tree”).
Adjective
[edit]galt
References
[edit]- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.
- „galt“, in: Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob Grimm und Wilhelm Grimm, Erstbearbeitung (1854–1960), digitalisierte Version im Digitalen Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache, retrieved 25 May 2020.
Cimbrian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German galt.
Compare Alemannic German galt (“not milch”), Carinthian galt (“infertile or pregnant (therefore not milch)”), Swabian gall (“(of sheep) not pregnant”), German gelt (“infertile”), Tyrolean galt (“unfarmed land”), Danish gold (“barren; sterile; not milch”), Old Swedish galdvider (“barren tree”).
Adjective
[edit]galt (Sette Comuni)
- (especially of cows) Not milch.
- An galta khùa is bèart nicht. ― An un-milch cow is worthless.
- (also of human women) barren, infertile
Declension
[edit]number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | èar ist galt | zi ist galt | is ist galt | ze zèint galt | |
with definite article | nominative | dar galte | de galta | 's galte | de galten |
accusative | in galten | de galta | 's galte | de galten | |
dative | me galten | dar galten | me galten | in galten | |
with indefinite article | nominative | an galtar | an galta | an galtes | (khòone) galten |
accusative | an galten | an galta | an galtes | (khòone) galten | |
dative | aname galten | anara galten | aname galten | (khòonen) galten | |
without article | nominative | galte | |||
accusative | galte | ||||
dative | galten |
References
[edit]- “galt” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
- „galt“, in: Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob Grimm und Wilhelm Grimm, Erstbearbeitung (1854–1960), digitalisierte Version im Digitalen Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache, retrieved 23 May 2020.
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]galt
Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle High German galt.
Compare Alemannic German galt (“not milch”), Cimbrian galt (“not milch”), Carinthian galt (“infertile or pregnant (therefore not milch)”), Swabian gall (“(of sheep) not pregnant”), German gelt (“infertile”), Tyrolean galt (“unfarmed land”), Danish gold (“barren; sterile; not milch”), Old Swedish galdvider (“barren tree”).
Adjective
[edit]galt (strong nominative masculine singular galter, not comparable)
- (Upper German) non-milch
- 1859, Das Landbuch, oder offizielle Sammlung der Gesetze, Beschlüsse und Verordnungen des Eidgenössischen Kantons Ury[1], volume 2, Buchdruckerei von J. J. Högger, page 138:
- Es soll daher folgendes billiges Verhältniß hier angenommen und befolgt werden: Das Rind, sei es Zeit- oder Meißrind, wird als Norm oder Maßstab angenommen; die galte Kuh 1⁄4 mehr; ein galtes Pferd, Jährling oder älter, wie 2 Rinder; ein melkes Pferd mit dem Füllen 1⁄4 mehr als das galte; 2 Kälber wie ein Rind, und 5 Schafe auch wie ein Rind.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist galt | sie ist galt | es ist galt | sie sind galt | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | galter | galte | galtes | galte |
genitive | galten | galter | galten | galter | |
dative | galtem | galter | galtem | galten | |
accusative | galten | galte | galtes | galte | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der galte | die galte | das galte | die galten |
genitive | des galten | der galten | des galten | der galten | |
dative | dem galten | der galten | dem galten | den galten | |
accusative | den galten | die galte | das galte | die galten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein galter | eine galte | ein galtes | (keine) galten |
genitive | eines galten | einer galten | eines galten | (keiner) galten | |
dative | einem galten | einer galten | einem galten | (keinen) galten | |
accusative | einen galten | eine galte | ein galtes | (keine) galten |
Further reading
[edit]- “galt” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Icelandic
[edit]Verb
[edit]galt
Middle High German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old High German galt, perhaps the past participle of galan (“to sing, do magic, bewitch”) (from the belief that sterile or un-milch cows are bewitched), from Proto-Germanic *galaną (“to shout, yell; to charm; to sing”).
Adjective
[edit]galt
Declension
[edit]number & gender | singular | plural | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | nonneuter | neuter | ||
strong declension | nominative | galter | galtiu | galteȥ | galte | galtiu |
genitive | galtes | galter(e) | galtes | galter(e) | ||
dative | galtem(e) | galter(e) | galtem(e) | galten | ||
accusative | galten | galte | galteȥ | galte | galtiu | |
weak declension | nominative | dër galte | diu galte | daȥ galte | die galten | diu galten |
genitive | dës galten | dër galten | dës galten | dër galten | ||
dative | dëm galten | dër galten | dëm galten | dën galten | ||
accusative | dën galten | die galten | daȥ galte | die galten | diu galten |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “galt” in Mittelhochdeutsches Handwörterbuch, Matthias von Lexer, 3 vols., Leipzig 1872–1878.
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Adjective
[edit]galt
Adverb
[edit]galt
References
[edit]- “gal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse galti, galtr, gǫltr, from Proto-Germanic *galtuz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]galt m (definite singular galten, indefinite plural galtar, definite plural galtane)
References
[edit]- “galt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
[edit]Old Norse
[edit]Verb
[edit]galt
Swedish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Swedish galter, from Old Norse gǫltr, from Proto-Germanic *galtô.
Noun
[edit]galt c
Declension
[edit]nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | galt | galts |
definite | galten | galtens | |
plural | indefinite | galtar | galtars |
definite | galtarna | galtarnas |
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]galt
Anagrams
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- English nouns
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- Alemannic German terms inherited from Middle High German
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- gsw:Cattle
- gsw:Milk
- Cimbrian terms inherited from Middle High German
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- Sette Comuni Cimbrian
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- cim:Cattle
- cim:Milk
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- nn:Pigs
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- sv:Male animals
- sv:Pigs