kælling

See also: källing

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse kerling, from karl (“man”) (cf. the alternative form: kall). Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål kjerring, Norwegian Nynorsk kjerring, Swedish kärring, käring.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɛlenɡ/, [ˈkʰɛleŋ]

Noun

kælling c (singular definite kællingen, plural indefinite kællinger)

  1. (offensive, vulgar) bitch (a spiteful woman)
  2. (archaic) old woman
    • 1905, Knud Rasmussen, Harald Viggo Moltke (greve), Nye mennesker
      Der brændte en lille Lampe derinde; en gammel Kælling laa og sov, hun laa paa sin Ryg, ...
      A little lamp burned in there; an old crone lay sleeping, she lay on her back, ...
    • 1889, Sønderjydske aarbøger:
      Hør du det, du kælling, / du est en gammel kvinde : / hvormange konger i Danmark / drages dig til minde ?
      Now listen, o crone, / you are an old woman: / how many kings of Denmark / do you remember?

Declension
Declension of kælling
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kælling kællingen kællinger kællingerne
genitive kællings kællingens kællingers kællingernes

Synonyms
  • (spiteful woman): strigle
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