glimt

From Old Danish glimme, from Old Norse *glim, *glima, from Proto-Germanic *glimō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to gleam, shimmer, glow”). See also Norwegian glim, dialectal Old Swedish glim, glimma.

• IPA^(key): /ɡlemt/, [ɡ̊lemˀd̥]

glimt n (singular definite glimtet, plural indefinite glimt)

1. flash
2. glint
3. gleam
4. glimmer
5. twinkle

glimt

1. imperative of glimte

• “glimt” in Den Danske Ordbog

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• Rhymes: -ɪmt

glimt

1. inflection of glimmen:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. (archaic) plural imperative

From the verb glimte.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ɡlɪmt/

glimt n (definite singular glimtet, indefinite plural glimt, definite plural glimta or glimtene)

1. a flash, a glint
2. a glimpse

• In 2020, masculine inflection (glimten) was made obsolete.^[2]

glimt

1. imperative of glimte

From the verb glimta.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ɡlɪmt/

glimt n (definite singular glimtet, indefinite plural glimt, definite plural glimta)

1. a flash, glint
2. a glimpse

• In 2020, masculine forms (glimten, glimtar, glimtane) were made obsolete.^[2]

glimt

1. imperative of glimta

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glimt c

1. a brief flash of light, a glint

   en glimt i ögat

   a twinkle in the eye (idiomatically)

2. a glimpse (brief visual impression)

   Synonym: skymt

   Jag har inte sett en glimt av henne på evigheter

   I haven't seen a glimpse of her in forever

   glimtar från matchen

   glimpses from the game

• med glimten i ögat
• ljusglimt

• glimta

• glimt in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• glimt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• glimt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)