Gletscher
German
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Alemannic German Gletscher, from Romansch glatscher, from Vulgar Latin *glaciārium. First attested in the sixteenth century. Cognate with French glacier.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editGletscher m (strong, genitive Gletschers, plural Gletscher)
Declension
editDeclension of Gletscher [masculine, strong]
Derived terms
editRelated terms
edit- Gletscherbildung, Gletschermehl, Gletschermilch, Gletscherschliff, Gletscherschmelze, Gletscherschrammen, Gletscherspalte, Gletscherwasser
- Alpengletscher, Salzgletscher
Descendants
edit- → Bulgarian: гле́тчер (glétčer)
- → Danish: gletsjer
- → Dutch: gletsjer, gletscher, gletser (dated)
- → Hungarian: gleccser
- → Macedonian: гле́чер (gléčer)
- → Serbo-Croatian: glečer
- → Yiddish: גלעטשער (gletsher)
Further reading
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- German terms derived from Romansch
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