Glühbirne or «burning pear»

Like many German words, this word has two parts: the first part (Glüh-) comes from the German verb for “glow”, “burn”, “flare” or the like. The second part (-birne) is the German word for the fruit known as “pear” in English. Surprise! Glühbirne means light bulb.

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