Gletscher
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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)
Further reading[edit]
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