gletsjer

Danish

Noun

gletsjer c (singular definite gletsjeren, plural indefinite gletsjere)

  1. glacier

Declension
Declension of gletsjer
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gletsjer gletsjeren gletsjere gletsjerne
genitive gletsjers gletsjerens gletsjeres gletsjernes

Further reading

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Dutch phonological spelling of German Gletscher (“glacier”), from Alemannic German Gletscher (“glacier”), from French glacier (“glacier”), from Latin glaciārium (“ice plain, glacier”), derived from Latin glacies (“ice”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”). First attested in the late seventeenth century as gletser, the spelling gletscher arose in the eighteenth century.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɣlɛt.ʃər/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: glet‧sjer

Noun

gletsjer m (plural gletsjers, diminutive gletsjertje n)

  1. glacier [from late 17th c.]
    Synonyms: glacier, ijsveld

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: gletser
  • → Indonesian: glètsêr
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