glühend

/ˈɡlyːənt/

adjective B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adj Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Meaning

  1. glowing, burning

    Built from glühen (to glow) + -end (-ing).

Made of

  • glühen to glow
  • -end -ing

Similar words

begeistert

Begeistert is the everyday word for enthusiastic/thrilled; glühend is figurative, "glowing" with enthusiasm, a more literary intensifier.

Similar in other languages

English

enthusiastic

Close, figuratively — glowing, burning (with enthusiasm) relates to enthusiastic.

Practice

1 What does glühend mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches glühend?

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