Glimmer
German, noun/ˈɡlɪmɐ/
Glimmer is spelled G-L-I-M-M-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 78,979th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Glimmer is a German masculine noun meaning “mica” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schimmerndes Mineral aus einer Gruppe der Schichtsilikate”.
What does Glimmer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemica
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. schimmerndes Mineral aus einer Gruppe der Schichtsilikate 2. etwas, das glänzt oder schimmert
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 Glimmer
- Glimmers genitive
- Glimmern dative definite plural
- Glimmergruppe augmentative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Glimmer?
- /ˈɡlɪmɐ/
- [ˈɡlɪmɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Glimmer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Glimmer in German?
Glimmer appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).