glazen

glazen

English

Etymology

From Middle English glasen, glesne, from Old English glæsen (“made of glass; glassy”), from Proto-Germanic *glasīnaz (“made of glass; glazen; glassen”), equivalent to glass +‎ -en. Doublet of glassen.

Adjective

glazen (comparative more glazen, superlative most glazen)

1. Made or consisting of glass.
2. Resembling glass; glassy.

Synonyms

• glassen
• glasslike

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aːzən
• IPA^(key): /ˈɣlaː.zə(n)/

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch glāsen, glāsijn, from Old Dutch *glasin, *glasīn, from Proto-Germanic *glasīnaz. Equivalent to glas +‎ -en.

Adjective

glazen (not comparable)

1. made of glass
2. glassy, resembling glass

   Synonym: glazig

Inflection

Inflection of glazen
uninflected	glazen
inflected	glazen
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial
indefinite	m./f. sing.	glazen
	n. sing.	glazen
	plural	glazen
definite		glazen
partitive

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English glaze.

Verb

glazen

1. (transitive) to glaze, make look like glass
2. (transitive) to polish

   Synonyms: opblinken, polijsten

Inflection

Inflection of glazen (weak)
infinitive	glazen
past singular	glaasde
past participle	geglaasd
infinitive	glazen
gerund	glazen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	glaas	glaasde
2nd person sing. (jij)	glaast	glaasde
2nd person sing. (u)	glaast	glaasde
2nd person sing. (gij)	glaast	glaasde
3rd person singular	glaast	glaasde
plural	glazen	glaasden
subjunctive sing.1	glaze	glaasde
subjunctive plur.1	glazen	glaasden
imperative sing.	glaas
imperative plur.1	glaast
participles	glazend	geglaasd
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

• glaasster
• glaassteen

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

glazen

1. Plural form of glas

Anagrams

• glanze