glotzen

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German glotzen, from Old High German *glozzōn, from Proto-West Germanic *glotōn. Cognate with Old Norse glotta, English gloat.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

glotzen (weak, third-person singular present glotzt, past tense glotzte, past participle geglotzt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial) to stare, gape, gawk, goggle (eyes)

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References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “glotzen”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading

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

Luxembourgish

Verb

glotzen (third-person singular present glotzt, past participle geglotzt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. to stare at someone, to ogle someone

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive glotzen
participle geglotzt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular glotzen
2nd singular glotz glotz
3rd singular glotzt
1st plural glotzen
2nd plural glotzt glotzt
3rd plural glotzen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.