glänta

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse *glenta, *gletta, from Proto-Germanic *glentaną (to slide; glide), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰlend- (to shine; sparkle; look).[1]

Noun

glänta c

  1. a glade

Declension

Declension of glänta 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative glänta gläntan gläntor gläntorna
Genitive gläntas gläntans gläntors gläntornas

Verb

glänta (present gläntar, preterite gläntade, supine gläntat, imperative glänta)

  1. (with ) to open (a door, a hatch) halfway or less
    Han gläntade på dörren
    He opened the door slightly

Conjugation

References

  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1221, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1221

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