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| sea-ice Ice on salt water (on the sea). |
saltis, havsis | suolaveden jää, merijää | zee-ijs |
| fresh-water ice Ice on inland water (no salt contained). |
sötis | makeanveden jää | "ijs" |
| ?? Clear, smooth ice without any dents. Perfect surface for skating. |
glanskis | short version: peilijää long version: peilikirkas jää |
glad ijs, spiegel-ijs |
| black ice Proper ice with no snow mixture, and which has not degenerated. |
kärnis | teräsjää | zwart ijs |
| spring ice Ice degenerated due to sun beams broken into the ice. |
våris | kevätjää | oud ijs |
| gray ice Ice formed from wet snow, usually gray in color. Requires a layer of proper ice below. Surface becomes soft in warm weather. |
stöpis | kohvajää | ijzel |
| snow ice Ice formed from water containing snow. Often a mixture of black ice and snowice in beautiful patterns. |
snöis | lumijää | sneeuwijs |
| overflow ice, sandwich ice Thin layer of ice on top of the proper ice with water inbetween. Dangerous since it can give an sudden stop. If you fall in to it the thin top layer can give cut wounds in the face. |
överis | yläjää | dubbelijs |
| ice with air pockets Thin layer of ice on top of the proper ice with an airspace inbetween. |
glasis | lasijää | ijs met lucht ertussen |
| ?? Ice covered with water coming from waves from open water and which has frosen. |
svallis | paannejää | bevroren golven |
| black ice Frozen water on streets. |
isgata | iljanne | ijzel |
| ice-slush Water containing a lot of ice pieces, e.g. after a boat which has broken a channel in the ice. |
issörja | jääsohjo | fondant-ijs |
| ?? Ice consisting of pices with the shape of (eating) plates. Formed in sea from frozen ice-slush. |
tallriksis | lautasjää | schotsen |
| ?? Uneven ice, shaking your legs when you skate over it. |
skravelis | ropelojää | ribbel-ijs |
| pack-ice Broken ice which has been forced together and frozen. |
Moderately: vrakis Severly: packis |
Moderately: ajojää Severly: ahtojää |
Moderately: schots-ijs Severly: pakijs |