Gelage - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Borrowed (and phonetically adapted) from Middle Low German gelach, gelōch. Pertaining to legen (“to lay”) and hence originally “food and drink laid on the table”. Now often associated more closely with liegen (“to lie”) and interpreted as “party where people lie down drunk”. Compare Dutch gelag.
- IPA(key): /ɡəˈlaːɡə/ (Germany)
- IPA(key): /ɡeˈlaːɡɛ/, [ɡ̥e-], [-ɡ̥ɛ] (Austria, Southern Germany, Switzerland)
- Hyphenation: Ge‧la‧ge
- Rhymes: -aːɡə