gammelig

German

Alternative forms

• gammlig

Etymology

From gammeln (etymology 1).

Adjective

gammelig (comparative gammeliger, superlative am gammeligsten)

1. (somewhat informal) rotten, old

Related terms

• Gammel
• Gammelfleisch
• gammeln
• vergammeln

Further reading

• “gammelig” in Duden online

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German Low German

Etymology

Cognate to (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch gammel, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English gamol.

Adjective

gammelig (comparative gammeliger, superlative gammeligst)

1. shaky
2. old, ancient, grunge
3. rotten

Declension

Positive forms of gammelig

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		he is gammelig	se is gammelig	dat is gammelig	se sünd gammelig
partitive		een gammeligs	een gammeligs	wat gammeligs	allens gammelig
strong declension (without article)	nominative	gammelige	gammelige	gammelig	gammelige
	oblique	gammeligen	gammelige	gammelig	gammelige
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	de gammelige	de gammelige	dat gammelige	de gammeligen
	oblique	den gammeligen	de gammelige	dat gammelige	de gammeligen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	en gammelige/gammeligen	en gammelige	en gammelig/gammeliget	(keen) gammeligen
	oblique	en gammeligen	en gammelige	en gammelig/gammeliget	(keen) gammeligen

Comparative forms of gammelig

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		he is gammeliger	se is gammeliger	dat is gammeliger	se sünd gammeliger
partitive		een gammeligers	een gammeligers	wat gammeligers	allens gammeliger
strong declension (without article)	nominative	gammeligere	gammeligere	gammeliger	gammeligere
	oblique	gammeligern	gammeligere	gammeliger	gammeligere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	de gammeligere	de gammeligere	dat gammeligere	de gammeligern
	oblique	den gammeligern	de gammeligere	dat gammeligere	de gammeligern
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	en gammeligere/gammeligeren	en gammeligere	en gammeliger	(keen) gammeligern
	oblique	en gammeligern	en gammeligere	en gammeliger	(keen) gammeligern

Superlative forms of gammelig

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		he is de Gammeligste	se is de Gammeligste	dat is dat Gammeligste	se sünd de Gammeligsten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	gammeligste	gammeligste	gammeligst	gammeligste
	oblique	gammeligsten	gammeligste	gammeligst	gammeligste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	de gammeligste	de gammeligste	dat gammeligste	de gammeligsten
	oblique	den gammeligsten	de gammeligste	dat gammeligste	de gammeligsten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	en gammeligste/gammeligsten	en gammeligste	en gammeligst	(keen) gammeligsten
	oblique	en gammeligsten	en gammeligste	en gammeligst	(keen) gammeligsten

Note: This declension is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.