glögg

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See also: glogg, Glogg, and gløgg

English

Noun

glögg (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of glogg
    • 2004, Tage Pearson, Tage, AuthorHouse, published 2004, →ISBN, page 89:
      Oh, I almost forgot the most important thing…just before Christmas dinner we would have glögg.
    • 2008, Stieg Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (trans. Reg Keeland), Borzoi Books (2008; original Swedish book published 2005), →ISBN, page 457:
      Berger and Malm were taking care of the annual Christmas arrangements while Blomkvist sat in Erika's chair, drinking glögg and looking on.
    • 2009, Karen Chalfen, Fair Weather by Noon, Trafford Publishing, published 2009, →ISBN, page 233:
      She didn’t have any Swedish music, so instead of dancing after dinner they all sat in front of the fire eating cookies and drinking glögg.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Swedish glögg.

Pronunciation

Noun

glögg n (genitive singular glöggs, no plural) or glögg f (genitive singular glaggar, no plural)

  1. glogg

Declension

    Declension of glögg
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative glögg glöggið
accusative glögg glöggið
dative glöggi glögginu
genitive glöggs glöggsins

or

    Declension of glögg
f-s2 singular
indefinite definite
nominative glögg glöggin
accusative glögg glöggina
dative glögg glögginni
genitive glaggar glaggarinnar

Swedish

Etymology

From glödga (“to burn, mull”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡlœɡ/
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Noun

glögg c

  1. glogg

Declension

Declension of glögg 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative glögg glöggen — —
Genitive glöggs glöggens — —

Descendants

  • → English: glogg, glögg
  • → Danish: gløgg c
  • → Faroese: gløgg n
  • → Finnish: glögi
  • → Icelandic: glögg n or f
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: gløgg m
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: gløgg m

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