glänta

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse *glenta, *gletta, from Proto-Germanic *glentaną (“to slide; glide”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰlend- (“to shine; sparkle; look”).[1]

Noun

glänta c

  1. a glade

Declension
Declension of glänta 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative glänta gläntan gläntor gläntorna
Genitive gläntas gläntans gläntors gläntornas

Verb

glänta (present gläntar, preterite gläntade, supine gläntat, imperative glänta)

  1. (with på) to open (a door, a hatch) halfway or less
    Han gläntade på dörren
    He opened the door slightly

Conjugation
Conjugation of glänta (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive glänta —
Supine gläntat —
Imperative glänta —
Imper. plural1 glänten —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative gläntar gläntade — —
Ind. plural1 glänta gläntade — —
Subjunctive2 glänte gläntade — —
Participles
Present participle gläntande
Past participle —
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1221

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