“Glaosâm” is a Swabian dialect word that describes the weather when the air temperature is still below 0°C, but the sun shines bright enough for the ice and snow to start melting. When it’s glaosâm many Swabians will engage in “em Schnai schaffâ”, lit. “working in the snow” which means distributing the snow that has been piled up over weeks on the streets, so that it’ll melt away faster.














