glosen
[ˈɡloːzn̩]
The verdict
“glosen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne Flamme und Rauch schwach brennen
Corpus desk
Index DE-glosen · glosen · German
glosen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | glosen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈɡloːzn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „glosen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
glosen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈɡloːzn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ohne Flamme und Rauch schwach brennen".
No misspelling variants are generated for glosen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists 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 glosen, spelled G-L-O-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1ohne Flamme und Rauch schwach brennen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how glosen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Kerzen brannten den größeren Teil des Tages, in den Kaminen glosten die großen Kloben Buchenholzes, und man mußte sich nah daranhalten.
Aus welchem Grund die Matratze geglost hatte, war Freitagvormittag noch unklar.
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.