glogg en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɡlʌɡ/ (General-American)
- (US) audio
- /ɡlʊɡ/ (General-American)
- /ɡlɒɡ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɡlɜːɡ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish glögg.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A Scandinavian version of vin chaud or mulled wine; a hot punch made of red wine, brandy and sherry flavoured with almonds, raisins and orange peel.
He led her into a pack of people drinking glogg, steam rising from the glass mugs.
2010, Katherine Shonk, Happy Now?, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 178:Afterwards we went over to talk to her friend Edith Conover about getting a bottle of glogg for Christmas dinner.
2011, Steve Zingerman, The Beautiful Mistake, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 52:Adult Swedes also enjoy their favourite Christmas drink, glogg, which is a spicy mulled wine.
2004, Becky Ohlsen, Jonathan Smith, Stockholm, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 11:The first celebration takes place on the first Sunday in Advent, when friends and family gather to drink warm glogg - a kind of mulled wine […]
1999, Stella Ross Collins, Christmas!: Traditions, Celebrations and Food Across Europe, Kyle Cathie, →ISBN, page 12:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| glögg | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (10)
de Glögg (Scandinavian version of mulled wine) · et glögi (Scandinavian version of mulled wine) · nb gløgg (Scandinavian version of mulled wine) · sv glögg (Scandinavian version of mulled wine) · fo gløgg (Scandinavian version of mulled wine) · fi glögi (Scandinavian version of mulled wine) · is glögg (Scandinavian version of mulled wine) · nn gløgg (Scandinavian version of mulled wine) · da gløgg (Scandinavian version of mulled wine) · de Glühwein (Scandinavian version of mulled wine)