glögg
English
Noun
glögg (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of glogg.
- 2004, Tage Pearson, Tage, AuthorHouse, published 2004, →ISBN, page 89:
- Oh, I almost forgot the most important thing…just before Christmas dinner we would have glögg.
- 2008, Stieg Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (trans. Reg Keeland), Borzoi Books (2008; original Swedish book published 2005), →ISBN, page 457:
- Berger and Malm were taking care of the annual Christmas arrangements while Blomkvist sat in Erika's chair, drinking glögg and looking on.
- 2009, Karen Chalfen, Fair Weather by Noon, Trafford Publishing, published 2009, →ISBN, page 233:
- She didn’t have any Swedish music, so instead of dancing after dinner they all sat in front of the fire eating cookies and drinking glögg.
Icelandic
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klœkː/
- Rhymes: -œkː
Noun
glögg n (genitive singular glöggs, no plural) or
glögg f (genitive singular glaggar, no plural)
Declension
singular | ||
---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | glögg | glöggið |
accusative | glögg | glöggið |
dative | glöggi | glögginu |
genitive | glöggs | glöggsins |
singular | ||
---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | glögg | glöggin |
accusative | glögg | glöggina |
dative | glögg | glögginni |
genitive | glaggar | glaggarinnar |
Swedish
Etymology
From glödga (“to burn, mull”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡlœɡ/
Audio: (file)
Noun
glögg c
- glogg; a Scandinavian version of vin chaud or mulled wine; or any similar (non-alcoholic) beverage based on spiced fruit juice (e.g. apple or grape)
Declension
nominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | glögg | glöggs |
definite | glöggen | glöggens | |
plural | indefinite | — | — |
definite | — | — |
Descendants
- → English: glogg, glögg
- → Danish: gløgg c
- → Faroese: gløgg n
- → Finnish: glögi
- → Estonian: glögi
- → Icelandic: glögg n or f
- → Norwegian Bokmål: gløgg m
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: gløgg m
Further reading
- glögg in Svensk ordbok.