glänta
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse *glenta, *gletta, from Proto-Germanic *glentaną (“to slide; glide”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰlend- (“to shine; sparkle; look”).[1]
Noun
glänta c
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | glänta | gläntas |
| definite | gläntan | gläntans | |
| plural | indefinite | gläntor | gläntors |
| definite | gläntorna | gläntornas |
Derived terms
Verb
glänta (present gläntar, preterite gläntade, supine gläntat, imperative glänta)
- (with på) to open (a door, a hatch) halfway or less
- Han gläntade på dörren
- He opened the door slightly
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | glänta | — | ||
| supine | gläntat | — | ||
| imperative | glänta | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | glänten | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | gläntar | gläntade | — | — |
| ind. plural1 | glänta | gläntade | — | — |
| subjunctive2 | glänte | gläntade | — | — |
| present participle | gläntande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
- på glänt (“ajar”)
References
- glänta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- glänta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- glänta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1221”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1221