Feminine

galg

Sentences
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De   beul   liep   naar   de   galg .

The executioner walked to the gallows.

Meaning

  1. (feminine) gallows, wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging
  2. (feminine, metonymically) the death sentence, notably by hanging
  3. (feminine) a stake or pole to hang/suspend objects on

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɣɑlx/
Etymology

In summary

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.

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