glimt

Danish

Etymology

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
  • IPA(key): /ɡlemt/, [ɡ̊lemˀd̥]

Noun

glimt n (singular definite glimtet, plural indefinite glimt)

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

Inflection
Declension of glimt
neuter
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative glimt glimtet glimt glimtene
genitive glimts glimtets glimts glimtenes

Verb

glimt

  1. imperative of glimte

Further reading

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪmt

Verb

glimt

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the verb glimte.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡlɪmt/

Noun

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

  1. a flash, a glint
  2. a glimpse

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

Verb

glimt

  1. imperative of glimte

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the verb glimta.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡlɪmt/

Noun

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

  1. a flash, glint
  2. a glimpse

Usage notes

Verb

glimt

  1. imperative of glimta

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

Swedish

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Noun

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
Declension of glimt 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative glimt glimten glimtar glimtarna
Genitive glimts glimtens glimtars glimtarnas

Derived terms

References
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