"Galgen" meaning in German

See Galgen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɡalɡən/, [ˈɡal.ɡŋ̍], [-ɡən] Audio: De-Galgen.ogg [Germany, Berlin], De-Galgen2.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: From Old High German galgo, from Proto-Germanic *galgô, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-, *ǵʰalg- (“long switch, rod, shaft, pole, perch”). Compare Dutch galg, English gallows, Danish galge. Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:inh|goh:galgo}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*ǵʰolgʰ-", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ǵʰelgʰ-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*galgô", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*galgō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old High German", "term" : "galgo", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "goh" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Galgen", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" }" data-lang="de" data-title="Galgen">, {{inh|de|goh|galgo}} Old High German galgo, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*galgô}} Proto-Germanic *galgô, {{der|de|ine-pro|*ǵʰalgʰ-}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-, {{cog|nl|galg}} Dutch galg, {{cog|en|gallows}} English gallows, {{cog|da|galge}} Danish galge Head templates: {{de-noun|m}} Galgen m (strong, genitive Galgens, plural Galgen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Galgens [genitive], Galgen [plural], strong [table-tags], Galgen [nominative, singular], Galgen [definite, nominative, plural], Galgens [genitive, singular], Galgen [definite, genitive, plural], Galgen [dative, singular], Galgen [dative, definite, plural], Galgen [accusative, singular], Galgen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. gallows Wikipedia link: de: Tags: masculine, strong Derived forms: Galgenhumor, Galgenvogel, Galgenmännchen

Inflected forms

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    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Cyrillic script",
          "lang_code": "sh",
          "word": "галге"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Latin script",
          "lang_code": "sh",
          "word": "galge"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
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      ]
    }
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      "name": "ety"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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    },
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    },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "galg"
      },
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    },
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      },
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    },
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        "2": "galge"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish galge",
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    }
  ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Galgen",
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      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Galgen",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Galgen",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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    },
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    },
    {
      "form": "Galgen",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Galgen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Galgen",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Galgen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Galgen",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Capital punishment",
          "orig": "de:Capital punishment",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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          "word": "Galgenhumor"
        },
        {
          "word": "Galgenvogel"
        },
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          "word": "Galgenmännchen"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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      "links": [
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        ]
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      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡalɡən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɡal.ɡŋ̍]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-ɡən]"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/De-Galgen.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Germany",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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      "word": "Galgenhumor"
    },
    {
      "word": "Galgenvogel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Galgenmännchen"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "lang": "Cyrillic script",
          "lang_code": "sh",
          "word": "галге"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Latin script",
          "lang_code": "sh",
          "word": "galge"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "sh",
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      ]
    }
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "galg"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch galg",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gallows"
      },
      "expansion": "English gallows",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "galge"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish galge",
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    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Galgen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "Galgen",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Galgen",
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        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Galgen",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Galgen",
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        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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  ],
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰelgʰ-",
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡalɡən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɡal.ɡŋ̍]"
    },
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      "ipa": "[-ɡən]"
    },
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  "word": "Galgen"
}

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