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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
Noun
glimt n (singular definite glimtet, plural indefinite glimt)
- flash
- glint
- gleam
- glimmer
- twinkle
Inflection
Verb
glimt
- imperative of glimte
Further reading
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
glimt
- inflection of glimmen:
- second/third-person singular present indicative
- (archaic) plural imperative
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From the verb glimte.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
glimt n (definite singular glimtet, indefinite plural glimt, definite plural glimta or glimtene)
- a flash, a glint
- a glimpse
Usage notes
- In 2020, masculine inflection (glimten) was made obsolete.[2]
Verb
glimt
- imperative of glimte
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From the verb glimta.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
glimt n (definite singular glimtet, indefinite plural glimt, definite plural glimta)
- a flash, glint
- a glimpse
Usage notes
Verb
glimt
- imperative of glimta
References
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
glimt c
- a brief flash of light, a glint
en glimt i ögat- a twinkle in the eye (idiomatically)
- 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
Derived terms
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