Declension of German noun Gletscher with plural and article

The most important forms of "Gletscher" are: genitive singular "Gletschers" and nominative plural "Gletscher". “Gletscher” is declined with the strong declension. The endings are s/-. “Gletscher” is masculine. The article is “der Gletscher”. “Gletscher” belongs to the vocabulary at C2 level. Here you can not only inflect Gletscher but also all German nouns. Comments ☆

C2 · noun · masculine · regular · -s, -

der Gletscher

Gletschers · Gletscher

Endings s/-   Shortening of the genitive ending to 's'  

English glacier, ice stream

/ˈɡlɛt͡ʃɐ/ · /ˈɡlɛt͡ʃɐs/ · /ˈɡlɛt͡ʃɐ/

[Umwelt] Eismasse, die bis zu mehrere hundert Meter dick sein kann und sich durch das Eigengewicht in langsamem Fluss talwärts bewegt; Ferner

» Die Gletscher schmelzen. English The glaciers are melting.

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Declension of Gletscher in singular and plural in all cases

Singular

Nom. derGletscher
Gen. desGletschers
Dat. demGletscher
Acc. denGletscher

Plural

Nom. dieGletscher
Gen. derGletscher
Dat. denGletschern
Acc. dieGletscher
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Examples

Example sentences for Gletscher

  • Die Gletscher schmelzen. 
    English The glaciers are melting.
  • Gletscher sind sehr alt. 
    English Glaciers are very old.
  • Gletscher sind die Fieberthermometer unseres Planeten. 
    English Glaciers are the thermometers of our planet.
  • Der Eisberg ist von einem Gletscher abgebrochen. 
    English The iceberg has broken off from a glacier.
  • Ein Gletscher ist wie eine Straße aus Eis. 
    English A glacier is like a road made of ice.
  • Auf meiner ersten Reise nach Island habe ich eine Wanderung auf einem Gletscher gemacht. 
    English On my first trip to Iceland, I went hiking on a glacier.
  • Ein Gletscher entsteht durch die Ansammlung von Schnee, der nicht schmilzt, sondern sich immer weiter ansammelt. 
    English A glacier forms from the accumulation of snow that does not melt but continues to accumulate.
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Translations

Translation of German Gletscher

German Gletscher
English glacier, ice stream
Russian ледник, гле́тчер, глетчер, ледни́к
Spanish glaciar, helero, nevero, ventisquero
French glacier
Turkish buzul
Portuguese geleira, glaciar, neveiro
Italian ghiacciaio, glaciale
Romanian ghețar, glacier
Hungarian gleccser
Polish lodowiec
Greek παγετώνας
Dutch gletsjer
Czech ledovec
Swedish glaciär, jökel
Danish gletsjer
Japanese 氷河
Catalan glacera, glaciar
Finnish jäätikkö
Norwegian bre, isbre, jøkel
Basque glaziar
Serbian glečer, ледењак, ледник
Macedonian глечер, ледењак, ледник
Slovenian ledenik
Slowakisch ľadovec
Bosnian glacier
Croatian glacier, ledenjak
Ukrainian льодовик
Bulgarian ледник
Belorussian ледавік, леднік
Hebrewקרחון
Arabicنهر جليدي
Persianیخچال
Urduبرفانی تودہ

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Meanings and synonyms of Gletscher
  • [Umwelt] Eismasse, die bis zu mehrere hundert Meter dick sein kann und sich durch das Eigengewicht in langsamem Fluss talwärts bewegt, Ferner
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Frequently asked questions about the noun "Gletscher"

The noun “Gletscher” is declined in all four cases (nominative, genitive, dative, accusative). The declension includes the singular and plural forms and shows how the word changes depending on the case. All declension forms of “Gletscher” are explained below. The most important forms are given for the nominative, genitive, dative, and accusative, each in the singular and plural.

How is "Gletscher" declined?

“Gletscher” is masculine. The article is “der Gletscher”.

Is “Gletscher” masculine, feminine, or neuter?

“Gletscher” is masculine. The article is “der Gletscher”.

What is the singular of "Gletscher"?

The singular of “Gletscher” is: der Gletscher. The singular forms are: der Gletscher (nominative), des Gletschers (genitive), dem Gletscher (dative) and den Gletscher (accusative).

What is the plural of “Gletscher”?

The singular of “Gletscher” is: die Gletscher. The singular forms are: die Gletscher (nominative), der Gletscher (genitive), den Gletschern (dative) and die Gletscher (accusative).

At what language level is “Gletscher” used?

“Gletscher” belongs to the vocabulary at C2 level.

What are the peculiarities of the declension of “Gletscher”?

The declension of Gletscher as a table with all forms in singular (singular) and plural (plural) and in all four cases nominative (1st case), genitive (2nd case), dative (3rd case) and accusative (4th case). Especially for German learners the correct declension of the word Gletscher is crucial.

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