Noun: gælle
Gender: Common
Hyphenation:
Nominative
| Sg. indefinite | gælle |
| Sg. definite | gællen |
| Pl. indefinite | gæller |
| Pl. definite | gællerne |
Genitive
| Sg. indefinite | gælles |
| Sg. definite | gællens |
| Pl. indefinite | gællers |
| Pl. definite | gællernes |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like gælle
toiletbørste,
krokodille,
svensknøgle,
nissehue,
overtagelse,
snurre,
snitte,
snerle,
snerre,
snerpe,
satire,
meddelelse,
sjuske,
sminke,
smerte,
slippe,
slange,
slette,
skøjte,
sonate, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Norse gjǫlnar f pl, from Proto-Germanic *gelunō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel-, cognate with Norwegian gjelle, Swedish gäl (English gill is from Old Norse), and distantly related to Ancient Greek χεῖλος (kheîlos, “snout, beak, lip”). See: Old Norse Nouns '
gjǫlnar', Swedish Nouns '
gäl', English Nouns '
gill', Ancient Greek Nouns '
χεῖλος'.
Verbs referencing "gælle"
English Nouns
gill, Icelandic Nouns
gella, Swedish Nouns
gäl.
Translations
gut, To eviscerate