Masculine

Gletscher

Concepts

glacer

glacers

iceberg

Frequency

23k
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

glätscher

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

gletscher

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɡlɛtʃɐ/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Alemannic German Gletscher, from Romansch glatscher, from Vulgar Latin *glaciārium. First attested in the sixteenth century. Cognate with French glacier.

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