This web site is my work in progress space for compiling info about glass, glassmakers, glass families, glass terms words and language, and various other things about glass, including a link to a part of my family collection of glass.
It will get added to as and when work and other commitments allow, so feel free to drop in anytime and see what's here and what's been added.
Anne
Have you ever wondered how to say Glass in other languages?
This list will give you the word for glass in the most common languages in the glass world.
| Language | Word for Glass |
| Bulgarian | стъкло |
| Croatian | staklo |
| Czech | sklo |
| Danish | glas |
| Dutch | glas |
| English | glass |
| Finnish | lasi |
| French | verre |
| German | glas |
| Greek | γυαλί |
| Hungarian | üveg |
| Icelandic | gler |
| Italian | vetro |
| Latin | vas |
| Norwegian | glass |
| Polish | szklo |
| Portuguese | vidro |
| Russian | стекло |
| Serbian | staklo |
| Slovenian | steklo |
| Spanish | vidrio |
| Swedish | glas |
| Turkish | cam |
Have you ever wondered what some of those odd words you see associated with Glass mean?
| What it Says | What it Means |
| Hytta | Glass factory (Swedish) |
| Huť | Glass factory (Czech) |
| Glasfabrikant | Glass Producer (German) |
| schuesseln | bowls (German) |
| zahlplatten | plates (German) |
| tee schale | tea cup (German) |
| milch und zuckersatz | milk and sugar set (German) |
| eierbecher | eggcup (German) |
| pfeffer und zuckerstreuer | pepper and sugar shaker (German) |
| eisschalen | ice cream containers (German) |
| schwammschalen | sponge shells ? for damp sponges for stamps (German) |
| klaviersteine | piano feet / stands (German) |
| zitronenpresser | lemon squeezer (German) |
| seifenschalen | soap dishes (German) |
| vogelnapfchen | bird bowl (for a cage) (German) |
| schulbanktintenfasser | school desk inkwell (German) |
| tintenfass | inkwell (German) |
| trichtintenfasser | funnel inkwell (German) |
| kinderschiffen | children's vessels (German) |
| zahnstocherkastel | toothpick holder (German) |
| briefbeschwerer | paperweight (German) |
| alaunsteinschale | (German) |
| farbenreibschalen | (German) |
| tuschnappel | (German) |
Have you ever wondered how those funny-looking glassmaker names are pronounced?
This list has been drawn up by the nice folks on the Glass Messages Board to help you get it right.
| How it Looks | How it Sounds |
| Åfors | oh-fors |
| Argy-Rousseau | arzhy-rousso |
| Åseda | oh-sayda |
| Bernsdorf | barns dorf |
| Brockwitz | brockwits |
| Cenedese | che ne daise |
| Chřibská | Krib-ska |
| Daum | dome |
| Ekenäs | aikenose |
| Fenne | fan ne (ne like never) |
| Flygfors | flyxfors or flicksfors or fleex fors |
| Gullaskruf | goola skroof |
| Hadeland | hah delond |
| Holmegaard | holl may gord |
| Iittala | eat tallah |
| Inwald | invuld |
| Lednické Rovné | led nitshke rovne |
| Leerdam | layer damn |
| Lobmeyer | lobe mahyer |
| Loetz | luts |
| Meisenthal | misen tul |
| Mülhaus | m[kiss]ee[kiss]l house - the most difficult for transcription: with your lips not as broad as in ee, but forward circle round, as if you would kiss a friend's cheek |
| Muller Frères | mule air frairs or m[kiss]ee[kiss]ller frair (silent 's' at the end) - the [kiss] you apply in Mülhaus - ü also applies here |
| Nuutajärvi | noo-oo ta jair vee |
| Peill & Pützler | pile oond putsler |
| Portieux | porciö (ö sounds like u in burn) |
| Pukeberg | pooka berg |
| Riedel | reedle |
| Riihimäki - Riihimäen Lasi O.Y | ree mah kee - ree may hen la si oi! |
| Schneider | shni dair |
| Schwepnitz | shvapnits |
| Škrdlovice | shhh! kurd low vitse |
| Streit | strite |
| Transjö Hytta | Tran-sher Hoota |
| Vallérysthal | vullaireestul (long end) |
| Val St. Lambert | vul sayn lambair |
| Walther | vulter |
| WMF | way em eff |
| Ysart | ees art |
| Zwiesel | tsweezel |
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