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DANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

gnist.

spark

5 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɡnist/[ɡ̊nisd̥]
  1. spark

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse gneisti, from Proto-Germanic *gahnaistô (“spark”), from *ga- + *hnaistô (“spark”), perhaps from the ultimate source of German knistern (“to crackle”).

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