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