galen

See also: Galen and galèn

Galician

Verb

galen

1. inflection of galar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

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)‎^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 94

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse galinn. Compare Swedish galen, Faroese galin and Norwegian Bokmål gal.

Alternative forms

• gælen (gæ’ærn), gælin, gæren, gæærn (dialectal)

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

• galnehus, galehus
• galning
• klingalen

Etymology 2

From Old Norse gala.

Participle

galen (neuter gale, definite singular and plural galne)

1. past participle of gala

References

• “galen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Verb

galen

1. past participle of galan

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɡɑːlɛn/

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Etymology 1

Participle

galen

1. past participle of gala

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish galin, from Old Norse galinn.

Adjective

galen (comparative galnare, superlative galnast)

1. crazy, mad, 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)

   Synonyms: fel, snett, på tok

   Det gick galet

   It went awry (turned out crazy)

Usage notes

Gå galet always means go awry, rather than go crazy; the latter is instead expressed as bli galen.

Declension

Inflection of galen

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	galen	galnare	galnast
neuter singular	galet	galnare	galnast
plural	galna	galnare	galnast
masculine plural2	galne	galnare	galnast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	galne	galnare	galnaste
all	galna	galnare	galnaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Synonyms

• tokig

Related terms

• gala
• galen vetenskapsman
• galenpanna
• galenskap
• galning
• helgalen
• hoppa i galen tunna

 

References

• galen in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• galen in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• galen in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• Engla, algen, galne, lagen, legan, nagel