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glas.

glass (material)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɣlɑs/

  1. glass (material)

    neuter · uncountable
    Vensters zijn gemaakt van glas.

  2. glass (vessel)

    countable · neuter
    Staan er al glazen op tafel?

  3. glass (quantity)

    countable · neuter
    Drink even een glas water.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle Dutch glas, from Old Dutch glas, from Proto-West Germanic *glas, from Proto-Germanic *glasą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰel- (“to shine, shimmer, glow”). Compare Low German Glas, German Glas, English glass, West Frisian glês, Icelandic gler.

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