glimmen

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch glimmen, from Old Dutch *glimman, from Proto-Germanic *glimmaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (to gleam, shimmer, glow). See also Norwegian glim, dialectal Old Swedish glim, glimma.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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glimmen

  1. to shine, glow, shimmer

Conjugation

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Conjugation of glimmen (strong class 3a)
infinitive glimmen
past singular glom
past participle geglommen
infinitive glimmen
gerund glimmen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular glim glom
2nd person sing. (jij) glimt, glim2 glom
2nd person sing. (u) glimt glom
2nd person sing. (gij) glimt glomt
3rd person singular glimt glom
plural glimmen glommen
subjunctive sing.1 glimme glomme
subjunctive plur.1 glimmen glommen
imperative sing. glim
imperative plur.1 glimt
participles glimmend geglommen
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Negerhollands: glim

Anagrams

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German glimmen, from Proto-Germanic *glimmaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (to gleam, shimmer, glow). See also Norwegian glim, dialectal Old Swedish glim, glimma.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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glimmen (class 3 strong or weak, third-person singular present glimmt, past tense glomm or glimmte, past participle geglommen or geglimmt, past subjunctive glömme or glimmte, auxiliary haben)

  1. to shine
  2. to glow, to smolder
    • 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, pages 158–159:
      Als in dem grünlichen Kachelofen nach einiger Zeit die Holzscheite zu glimmen und zu knistern begannen, setzte er sich, noch immer im Pelz, auf den schwarzen, ans Bett gerückten breitlehnigen Lederstuhl.
      When after some time the logs in the greenish tiled stove started glowing and crackling, he sat down, still in the fur, on the black leather chair, which was moved next to the bed.

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • glimmen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • glimmen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • glimmen” in Duden online
  • glimmen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch *glimman, from Proto-Germanic *glimmaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (to gleam, shimmer, glow). See also Norwegian glim, dialectal Old Swedish glim, glimma.

Verb

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glimmen

  1. to shine, to shimmer

Inflection

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Strong class 3
Infinitive glimmen
3rd sg. past glam
3rd pl. past glommen
Past participle geglommen
Infinitive glimmen
In genitive glimmens
In dative glimmene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular glimme glam
2nd singular glims, glimmes gloms, glommes
3rd singular glimt, glimmet glam
1st plural glimmen glommen
2nd plural glimt, glimmet glomt, glommet
3rd plural glimmen glommen
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular glimme glomme
2nd singular glims, glimmes glommes
3rd singular glimme glomme
1st plural glimmen glommen
2nd plural glimt, glimmet glommet
3rd plural glimmen glommen
Imperative Present
Singular glim, glimme
Plural glimt, glimmet
Present Past
Participle glimmende geglommen

Descendants

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Further reading

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