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)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 94

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse galinn.

Alternative forms

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
See also

Etymology 2

From Old Norse gala.

Participle

galen (neuter gale, definite singular and plural galne)

  1. past participle of gala

References

Swedish

Pronunciation
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Verb

galen

  1. past participle of gala.

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish galin, from Old Norse galinn.

Adjective

galen (comparative galnare, superlative galnast)

  1. crazy, insane (e.g. of a person or situation)
    Han är galen
    He is crazy
    Han blev galen av ilska
    He went crazy with anger
  2. (with i (“in”)) crazy about (loving)
    Jag är galen i majs
    I'm crazy about corn
  3. wrong, amiss
    Ojdå, det där blev lite galet
    Oops, that turned out a bit crazy
  4. (gone) awry (not according to plan)
    Det gick galet
    It went awry (turned out crazy)
    Synonyms: fel, snett, på tok
Usage notes

Always of things going wrong in the construction "gå galet." Think "went awry" rather than "went crazy." To go crazy is expressed as "bli galen" (become crazy).

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
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