galning

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish gælninger, from galin + -inger, equivalent to galen (“crazy, mad”) +‎ -ing (“-y, -ie”). Cognate with Swedish galning, Norwegian Bokmål galning (also gærning) and Norwegian Nynorsk galning.

Noun

galning c (singular definite galningen, plural indefinite galninge)

  1. a lunatic, a madman

Declension

Declension of galning

gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative galning galningen galninge galningene
genitive galnings galningens galninges galningenes

Related terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From galen +‎ -ing. Compare to Swedish galning and Danish galning

Pronunciation

Noun

galning m (definite singular galningen, indefinite plural galningar, definite plural galningane)

  1. a lunatic, madman

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish gælninger, from galin + -inger, equivalent to galen (“crazy, mad”) +‎ -ing (“-y, -ie”). Cognate with Danish galning, Norwegian Bokmål galning (also gærning) and Norwegian Nynorsk galning.

Noun

galning c

  1. a lunatic, a madman

Declension

Declension of galning 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative galning galningen galningar galningarna
Genitive galnings galningens galningars galningarnas

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