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Swedish noun

en glans

brilliance, lustre

Meaning

brilliance; lustre

In Swedish: skimmer, sken

Forms

Forms of glans
Singular, indefiniteen glans
Singular, definiteglansen

glans is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor glans, den stora glansen. Check another noun

Practise glans

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Is it en glans or ett glans?

glans in a sentence

  • kungens närvaro gav extra glans åt tillställningen
    the presence of the king lent greater brilliance to the occation
  • Vilken glans! Du har städat jätteväl.
    What a shine! You've cleaned really well.
  • att sola sig i glansen av någon
    to bask in the glory of someone

Expressions

  • klara något med glans
    succeed brilliantly

Words built with glans

  • glansfull brilliant
  • glansis glassy ice
  • guldglans glitter of gold
  • glansroll most celebrated role

Questions

What does glans mean in English?

glans means “brilliance, lustre”.

Is it en glans or ett glans?

It is en glans, and “the brilliance” is glansen.

Similar words

blänklyster

Origin

Borrowed from Middle High German glanz, from Old High German glanz (“brilliance”).

Nearby common words

glans is number 7,702 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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