glänzen
German, verb/ˈɡlɛnt͡sən/
glänzen is spelled G-L-Ä-N-Z-E-N (7 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written German, the 16,125th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Glänzen is a German verb meaning “to shine, gleam, sparkle, glisten” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine reflektierende Oberfläche haben, schimmern; schillern”.
What does glänzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shine, gleam, sparkle, glisten
Das Gold glänzt in der Sonne.
- 2
to be good, to stand out, to be noticeable
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine reflektierende Oberfläche haben, schimmern; schillern 2. eine hervorragende Leistung erbringen, brillieren, sich durch etwas hervortun
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of glänzen
- glänzt present singular third-person
- glänzte past
- geglänzt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- glänzend participle present
- glänze first-person indicative present
- glänzest second-person singular subjunctive
- glänzet plural second-person subjunctive
- glänzten first-person indicative plural
- glänztest indicative preterite second-person
- glänztet indicative plural preterite
- glänz imperative second-person singular
- habe geglänzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geglänzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- glänze! imperative singular
- glänz! imperative singular
- glänzt! imperative plural
- geglänzt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce glänzen?
- /ˈɡlɛnt͡sən/
- [ˈɡlɛnt͡sn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to glänzen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is glänzen in German?
glänzen appears 3.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).