glimmen

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), 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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣlɪ.mə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: glim‧men
• Rhymes: -ɪmən
• Homophone: Glimmen

glimmen

1. to shine, glow, shimmer

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• Negerhollands: glim

• lemming

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-Germanic *glimmaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to gleam, shimmer, glow”). See also Norwegian glim, dialectal Old Swedish glim, glimma.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɪmən/, [ˈɡlɪmn̩]

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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.

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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

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.

glimmen

1. to shine, to shimmer

• Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
• Limburgish: glömme

• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “glimmen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN