alpenglow

A partial calque of German Alpenglühen, with the second element replaced by the English equivalent glow.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæl.pən.ɡloʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈal.pən.ɡləʊ/

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• Hyphenation: al‧pen‧glow

alpenglow (usually uncountable, plural alpenglows)

1. A rosy or reddish glow seen during sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains, especially snow-covered mountains on the opposite side of the sun.
   • 2021 February 16, Dan Richards, “Peak cabin: a fire-spotter's lonely vantage point in Washington state”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     But Jim was all smiles and, as if in added welcome, alpenglow suddenly flared to flood the summit hot pink and lit up the cabin.

• aspenglow

• Alps
• foreglow, afterglow

• alpenglow on Wikipedia.Wikipedia