Gletscher
German, noun/ˈɡlɛtʃɐ/
Gletscher is spelled G-L-E-T-S-C-H-E-R (9 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written German, the 15,068th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gletscher is a German masculine noun meaning “glacier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Eismasse, die bis zu mehrere hundert Meter dick sein kann und sich durch das Eigengewicht in langsamem Fluss…”.
What does Gletscher mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineglacier
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Eismasse, die bis zu mehrere hundert Meter dick sein kann und sich durch das Eigengewicht in langsamem Fluss talwärts bewegt
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 Gletscher
- Gletschers genitive
- Gletschern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gletscher?
- /ˈɡlɛtʃɐ/
- [ˈɡlɛt͡ʃɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gletscher
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gletscher in German?
Gletscher appears 3.8 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).