Swedish noun

en glöd

ember, heat, passion, glowAlso the imperative of glöda.

Meaning

ember; heat; passion; glow

In Swedish: heta kolrester från en eld

Forms

Forms of glöd
Singular, indefiniteen glöd
Singular, definiteglöden

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

Practise glöd

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Is it en glöd or ett glöd?

glöd in a sentence

  • med glöd och engagemang
    with passion and commitment
  • Han rörde om i glöden
    He stirred the embers
  • Vinden förde med sig glöd från skogsbranden
    The wind brought with it embers from the forest fire
  • En bit glöd hade fallit ner och antänt tidningen
    A small ember ("piece of embers") had fallen down and ignited the newspaper
  • En liten glöd hade fallit ner och antänt tidningen
    A small ember had fallen down and ignited the newspaper (just "en glöd" feels less idiomatic, perhaps due to the uncountable sense)
  • glöden i hans ögon
    the fire in his eyes

Words built with glöd

  • glödhet red-hot
  • kärleksglöd amorous passion

Questions

What does glöd mean in English?

glöd means “ember, heat”.

Is it en glöd or ett glöd?

It is en glöd, and “the ember” is glöden.

Origin

From Old Swedish glø̄þ, from Old Norse glóð, from Proto-Germanic *glōdiz.

Nearby common words

glöd is number 6,942 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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