glimpse

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Verb

1. (transitive) To see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely.
2. (figuratively, transitive) To perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely.
3. (intransitive) Chiefly followed by at or upon: to look at briefly and incompletely; to glance.
4. (intransitive) To shine with a faint, unsteady light; to glimmer, to shimmer.
5. (archaic, intransitive, poetic) To appear or start to appear, especially faintly or unclearly; to dawn.
6. (intransitive, rare) Sometimes followed by out: to provide a brief and incomplete look.

Noun

1. Chiefly followed by of: a brief and incomplete look.
2. (archaic) A brief, sudden flash of light; a glimmer.
3. (figuratively) A faint or imprecise idea; an inkling.
4. (figuratively, rare) A brief, unspecified amount of time; a moment.
5. (obsolete) A faint (and often temporary) appearance; a tinge.

Konzepte

Blick

kurzer Blick

flüchtiger Blick

flüchtig zu sehen bekommen

gewahr werden

erblicken

bemerken

flüchtig blicken

flüchtiger Eindruck

Schimmern

merken

Spur

Streifblick

Stückchen

Teil

Glänzen

Aufleuchten

flüchtig erblicken

Synonyme

glance

look

peep

peek

spot

notice

detect

flicker

spy

espy

descry

note

twinkle

ogle

coup d’oeil

glance at

perceive

gleams

gleam

remark

scan

glimmer

sight

flash

tinge

tint

trace

view

beam of light

catch a glimpse of

shoot a glance at

shoot a look at

have a glimpse

part

take a glance

behold

breath

cast

catch side of

catch sight of

chink

eye

👁️

flashing

gander

gaze

glimmering

glint

glitter

hint

look askance

Übersetzungen

intravedere

entrevoir

vistazo

entrever

occhiata

ullada

relance

olhadela

vislumbrar

vislumbrar

scorgere

entreveure

apercevoir

👀

aperçu

sguardo

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ɡlɪmps/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: glimsen

Verwandt mit Mittelhochdeutsch: glimsen

Verwandt mit Mittelniederländisch: glinsen

Verwandt mit Middle Low German: glinsen

Verwandt mit Mittelhochdeutsch: glinsen

Verwandt mit Niederländisch: glinsteren

Verwandt mit Niederländisch: glimmen

In summary

The verb is derived from earlier glimse (obsolete), from Middle English glimsen (“to dazzle; to glisten; to glance with the eyes”), possibly from Old English *glimsian, from Proto-West Germanic *glimmisōjan, from Proto-Germanic *glimō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to shine”). Doublet of glimmer.
The noun is derived from the verb.
Cognates
Middle Dutch glinsen (modern Dutch glinsteren (“to glint, glitter, shimmer, sparkle; to glance”), glimmen (“to gleam, shine”))
Middle High German glimsen (“to glow, smoulder”), glinsen (“to glimmer, shine”)
Middle Low German glinsen, glintzen, glinzen (“to shimmer, shine”)