glazen

English

Etymology

From Middle English glasen, glesen, from Old English glæsen (“made of glass; glassy”), from Proto-West Germanic *glasīn. Equivalent to glass +‎ -en. Doublet of glassen.

Adjective

glazen (comparative more glazen, superlative most glazen)

  1. Made or consisting of glass.
  2. Resembling glass; glassy.

Synonyms

Dutch

Pronunciation
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  • Rhymes: -aːzən
  • IPA(key): /ˈɣlaː.zə(n)/

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch glāsen, glāsijn, from Old Dutch *glasin, *glasīn, from Proto-West Germanic *glasīn. Equivalent to glas +‎ -en.

Adjective

glazen (not comparable)

  1. made of glass
  2. glassy, resembling glass
    Synonym: glazig
Inflection
Inflection of glazen
uninflected glazen
inflected glazen
comparative —
positive
predicative/adverbial
indefinite m./f. sing. glazen
n. sing. glazen
plural glazen
definite glazen
partitive

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English glaze.

Verb

glazen

  1. (transitive) to glaze, make look like glass
  2. (transitive) to polish
    Synonyms: opblinken, polijsten
Inflection
Inflection of glazen (weak)
infinitive glazen
past singular glaasde
past participle geglaasd
infinitive glazen
gerund glazen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular glaasglaasde
2nd person sing. (jij) glaastglaasde
2nd person sing. (u) glaastglaasde
2nd person sing. (gij) glaastglaasde
3rd person singular glaastglaasde
plural glazenglaasden
subjunctive sing.1 glazeglaasde
subjunctive plur.1 glazenglaasden
imperative sing. glaas
imperative plur.1 glaast
participles glazendgeglaasd
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
  • glaasster
  • glaassteen

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

glazen

  1. plural of glas

Anagrams
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