gletsjer

Dutch

Alternative forms
  • (obsolete) gletscher

Pronunciation
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Etymology

From the Dutch phonological spelling of German Gletscher (“glacier”), from Alemannic German Gletscher (“glacier”), from French glacier (“glacier”), from Latin glaciarium (“ice plain, glacier”), derived from Latin glacies (“ice”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).

Noun

gletsjer m (plural gletsjers, diminutive gletsjertje n)

  1. glacier

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