glimmen

Meaning

1. (class-3, strong, weak) to shine
2. (class-3, strong, weak) to glow, to smolder

Concepts

fluoresce

glow

smolder

gleam

smoulder

dayglo

Synonyms

schwelen

glühen

schmoren

fluoreszieren

kokeln

brennen

rösten

ausglühen

schwach brennen

glosen

Translations

schroeien

verzengen

dumansız yanmak

için için yanmak

devenir fluorescent

fumare

smeulen

fumegar

arder sem chama

alevsiz yanmak

floresan ışığı yaymak

flüorışı elde etmek

σιγοκαίω

içten içe olmak

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

glumse

Basel-Landschaft

motte

Basel-Landschaft

mutte

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡlɪmən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: glimmen

Cognate with Norwegian: glim

In summary

From Middle High German glimmen, from Proto-Germanic *glimmaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to gleam, shimmer, glow”). See also Norwegian glim, dialectal Old Swedish glim, glimma.