galgenhumor
Danish
/ɡaljənhuːmɔr/
noun
Definitions
- gallows humor (US), gallows humour (UK) comedy that still manages to be funny in spite of imminent death, danger or accident
Etymology
Derived from German Galgenhumor (gallows humor).
Origin
German (Berlin)
Galgenhumor
Gloss
gallows humor
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Galgen German
- Galgenhumor German
- Humor German
- galgenhumor Dutch, Flemish
- galgenhumor Norwegian Bokmål
- galghumor Swedish
- galgenhumor Norwegian Nynorsk