Gletscher

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Alemannic German Gletscher, from Romansch glatscher, from Vulgar Latin *glaciārium. First attested in the sixteenth century. Cognate with French glacier.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɛtʃɐ/
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Noun

Gletscher m (strong, genitive Gletschers, plural Gletscher)

glacier

Declension

Declension of Gletscher [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Gletscher	die	Gletscher
genitive	eines	des	Gletschers	der	Gletscher
dative	einem	dem	Gletscher	den	Gletschern
accusative	einen	den	Gletscher	die	Gletscher

Derived terms

gletscherartig

Related terms

Gletscherbildung, Gletschermehl, Gletschermilch, Gletscherschliff, Gletscherschmelze, Gletscherschrammen, Gletscherspalte, Gletscherwasser
Alpengletscher, Salzgletscher

Descendants

→ Bulgarian: гле́тчер (glétčer)
→ Danish: gletsjer
→ Dutch: gletsjer, gletscher, gletser
- Afrikaans: gletser
- → Indonesian: glètsêr
→ Hungarian: gleccser
→ Macedonian: гле́чер (gléčer)
→ Serbo-Croatian: glečer
→ Yiddish: גלעטשער‎ (gletsher‎)

Further reading

“Gletscher” in Duden online
“Gletscher” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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