glimmen
[ˈɡlɪmən]
The verdict
“glimmen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne Flamme brennen, glühen
Corpus desk
Index DE-glimmen · glimmen · German
glimmen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | glimmen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈɡlɪmən] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „glimmen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
glimmen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈɡlɪmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
glimmen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is glimmen, spelled G-L-I-M-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1ohne Flamme brennen, glühen
- 2schwach weiter wirken
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how glimmen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Durch die Luftzufuhr glimmte die Glut noch einmal auf.
Etwas Hoffnung glomm noch in ihr.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.