galg
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch galg, from Middle Dutch galge, from Old Dutch *galga, from Proto-Germanic *galgô, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-, *ǵʰalg- (“long switch, rod, shaft, pole, perch”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]galg (plural galge, diminutive galgie)
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch galge, from Old Dutch *galga, from Proto-Germanic *galgô, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-, *ǵʰalg- (“long switch, rod, shaft, pole, perch”). Compare German Galgen, West Frisian galge, English gallows, Danish galge.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]galg f (plural galgen, diminutive galgje n)
- gallows, wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging
- (metonymically) the death sentence, notably by hanging
- a stake or pole to hang/suspend objects on
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- nl:Capital punishment