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• glögg
  glögg

  noun

  a hot wine punch containing brandy or aquavit and traditionally flavored with almonds, raisins, cloves, and cinnamon.
• glogg
  glogg

  noun

  a hot alcoholic mixed drink, originally from Sweden, consisting of sweetened brandy, red wine, bitters or other flavourings, and blanched almonds

glögg

American  

[gluhg, gloog, glœg] / glʌg, glʊg, glœg /

Or glogg

noun

1. a hot wine punch containing brandy or aquavit and traditionally flavored with almonds, raisins, cloves, and cinnamon.

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glogg British  

/ ɡlɒɡ /

noun

1. a hot alcoholic mixed drink, originally from Sweden, consisting of sweetened brandy, red wine, bitters or other flavourings, and blanched almonds

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Etymology

Origin of glögg

< Swedish, shortening of glödgat vin mulled wine ( glödgat, past participle of glödga to mull, heat up, derivative of glöd ember; vin wine )

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Example Sentences

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And thus glögg, a heated wine, was born.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 3, 2022

A preshow party includes Christmas cookies, glasses of glögg and a visit from Santa.

From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2016

What to drink Gingerbread Although Swedes seem to drink coffee with just about everything, I think it would be a bit more festive to serve glögg, the Scandi version of mulled wine, with Magnus’s gingerbread.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 5, 2015

One of the first festivals of the holiday season features Scandinavian music, arts and crafts, a visit from Santa and mugs of steaming glögg.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2014

The fact that it references Stockholm and Oslo doesn't hurt, allowing the musky scent of glögg to waft out of the speakers.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 16, 2010

In that spirit, we will have glogg and gingersnaps on the winter menu — so that we can welcome people in from the cold to create memories of their own.

From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2022

In Sweden, glogg comes sprinkled with almonds and plump raisins, which have soaked up the wine and taken on the flavor of the spices.

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2022

Other ideas encourage the city and its restaurants to develop winter food festivals and marketing campaigns that remind us how charming it can be to bundle up, drink glogg and stroll in the snow.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 15, 2020

But you should have a taste for strong coffee, warm glogg and sweet seasonal pies and pastries, because the holiday cafeteria is not to be missed.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2016

“Now you are Swedish,” she said, toasting us with glogg.

From Washington Post

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