Glühstrumpf
German, noun[ˈɡlyːˌʃtʁʊmp͡f]
Glühstrumpf is spelled G-L-Ü-H-S-T-R-U-M-P-F (11 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written German, the 330,389th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Glühstrumpf is a German masculine noun meaning “gas mantle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “feinmaschiges Gebilde aus nichtbrennenden Fasern, das in gasbetriebenen Leuchten dazu dient, die Helligkeit…”.
What does Glühstrumpf mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegas mantle
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. feinmaschiges Gebilde aus nichtbrennenden Fasern, das in gasbetriebenen Leuchten dazu dient, die Helligkeit der Lichtquelle zu vergrößern
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 Glühstrumpf
- Glühstrumpfes genitive
- Glühstrumpfs genitive
- Glühstrümpfe plural
- Glühstrumpfe dative singular
- Glühstrümpfen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Glühstrumpf?
- [ˈɡlyːˌʃtʁʊmp͡f]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Glühstrumpf in German?
Glühstrumpf appears about once in every 32 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).