glimt

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Danish glimme, from Old Norse *glim, *glima, from Proto-Germanic *glimō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (to gleam, shimmer, glow). See also Norwegian glim, dialectal Old Swedish glim, glimma.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡlemt/, [ɡ̊lemˀd̥]

Noun

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glimt n (singular definite glimtet, plural indefinite glimt)

  1. flash
  2. glint
  3. gleam
  4. glimmer
  5. twinkle

Inflection

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Verb

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glimt

  1. imperative of glimte

Further reading

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪmt

Verb

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glimt

  1. inflection of glimmen:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. (archaic) plural imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From the verb glimte.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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glimt n (definite singular glimtet, indefinite plural glimt, definite plural glimta or glimtene)

  1. a flash, a glint
  2. a glimpse

Usage notes

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  • In 2020, masculine inflection (glimten) was made obsolete.[2]

Verb

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glimt

  1. imperative of glimte

References

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  1. ^ “glimt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  2. ^ Language Council of Norway, Spelling decisions since 2012 (retrieved 12.21.20)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From the verb glimta.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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glimt n (definite singular glimtet, indefinite plural glimt, definite plural glimta)

  1. a flash, glint
  2. a glimpse

Usage notes

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Verb

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glimt

  1. imperative of glimta

References

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  1. ^ “glimt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  2. ^ Language Council of Norway, Spelling decisions since 2012 (retrieved 12.21.20)

Swedish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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glimt c

  1. a brief flash of light, a glint
    en glimt i ögat
    a twinkle in the eye (idiomatically)
  2. a glimpse (brief visual impression)
    Synonym: skymt
    Jag har inte sett en glimt av henne på evigheter
    I haven't seen a glimpse of her in forever
    glimtar från matchen
    glimpses from the game

Declension

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Derived terms

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