Glanz

See also: glanz

German

Etymology

From Middle High German glanz (noun and adjective), from Old High German glanz (adjective), from Proto-Germanic *glantaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰlond-o-, ultimately from the root *gʰlend-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlants/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ants

Noun

Glanz m (strong, genitive Glanzes, no plural)

1. gleam, sparkle, glitter
2. splendor, glory

Declension

Declension of Glanz [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Glanz
genitive	eines	des	Glanzes
dative	einem	dem	Glanz, Glanze1
accusative	einen	den	Glanz

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Kobaltglanz
• Kupferglanz
• glänzen
• Glanzleistung
• Glanzlicht
• Glanznummer
• Hochglanz
• Sternenglanz

Related terms

• glänzen

Descendants

• → Danish: glans
• → Dutch: glans
• → Norwegian Bokmål: glans
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: glans
• → Polish: glans, → glanc
• → Swedish: glans

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) “glintan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 181

Further reading

• “Glanz” in Duden online
• “Glanz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German glanz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlans/, [ɡlɑn(t)s]
• Rhymes: -ɑnts

Noun

Glanz m (uncountable)

1. shine, gleam
2. splendour