om

From older olm, from Latin ulmus (compare French orme, Spanish olmo). First attested in 1150.


om

(most dialects) Contraction of op/of däm (“on the”).

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


om

(parts of Eifel) Contraction of on däm (“in the”).


om

Han viklede dem om sin lillefinger.
He wrapped them around his pinky finger.

From Old Norse um, from Proto-Germanic *umbi. Cognate with German um (“about”).


om

such that something changes orientation or has its orientation changed

De skal om på den mørke side af kirken.

2015, Karsten H Petersen, To mus på tur: en julekalender og en påskekalender, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN:

They are going to the dark side of the church.

such that something moves or is moved to the far side of something

Vred kluden op, vaskede fingeren, viklede papir om og begyndte igen at skrælle kartofler.

2016, Ole Henrik Laub, Hovedrollen, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

Wrung the rag, washed the finger, wrapped paper around [it] and resumed peeling potatoes.

2017, Hjalmar Söderberg (Translated by Jørgen Årup Hansen), Doktor Glas, Gyldendal A/S →ISBN, page 28

... for how long must I wander about in this world of the riddles, the dreams and the inscrutable phenomena?

... hvor længe skal jeg flakke om i denne gådernes og drømmenes og de uransagelige fænomeners verden?

„Nej. Hvis du tror jeg vil se passivt til, mens du ødelægger din mands og dit eget liv med dette martyrium, så må du tro om ...“

2014, Dennis Jürgensen, Måske, Tellerup A/S, →ISBN:

"No. If you think I intend to look on passively while you destroy your husband's and your own life with this martyrium, you will have to think again ..."

Jo, jeg har da haft mine nu'er, men hvis jeg skulle gøre det hele om, ville jeg sørge for at have mange flere af dem.

2016, Terje Nordberg, Det må godt føles rart, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

Sure, I have had my nows, but if I had to do it all again, I would make sure to have many more of them.

Han skrev den om tre gange.

2017, Morten Sabroe, Love Me Do, Politikens Forlag, →ISBN:

again, returning to the beginning (whence ommer, om igen, tro om igen)

2017, Sacha Batthyany (Translated by Uffe Gardel), Og hvad har det med mig at gøre, Art People →ISBN
Men verdenskrisen i 1929 lukkede fabrikken, og indenrigsministeriet overtog den og byggede den om til et fængsel.

But the world crisis in 1929 closed down the factory, and the ministry of internal affairs took it and rebuilt it into a prison.

such that something is changed (whence lave om

Consuela bladrede langsomt om på indholdsfortegnelsen.

2014, Lene Dybdahl, Nøglens Vogtere #2: Visigotens Hjelm, Tellerup A/S, →ISBN:

Slowly, Consuela turned the pages till she reached the table of contents.

going forwards in a book or similar, reaching some page

Hun vendte sig om og så på ham.

such that something rotates or revolves (either of its own accord or by external influence)


om

Jeg skulle spørge om du havde fem minutter.

I have been asked to ask [you] if you have five minutes.

whether (introducing an indirect question)

Fjern om nødvendigt jorden.

Om du bare ville lytte, skal jeg forklare alt.

If only you would listen, I shall explain everything.

(formal) if (introducing a conditional clause)

Hun var om ikke død, så i hvert fald stærkt såret.

She was, if not dead, then at least seriously wounded.

2013, Gyldendal, Breve hjem: Danske soldater i Første Verdenskrig, Gyldendal A/S →ISBN
... men du, jeg vil have den; før holder jeg ikke op, om så jeg skal med i en krig til.

... but hey, I want [a medal]; I shall not stop before [getting it], even if I shall have to go to another war.

From Old Danish ef, em, um, from Old Norse ef, from Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”). Cognate with English if, German ob (“if”).


om

Ik sta om vijf uur buiten.

Zij vochten om de macht.

for (some purpose or object), concerning

om (prepositional)
om (adverb postpositional)
erom
hierom
daarom
waarom
ergens om
nergens om
overal om

From Middle Dutch ombe, omme, from Old Dutch umbi, umbe, from Proto-West Germanic *umbi.


om

Hij zette de schakelaar om.

over, from an upright to a horizontal position (as in "fall over")

Afrikaans: om


om

Ik ga naar de winkel om boodschappen te kopen.

I am going to the shop to buy some groceries.

(om te) in order to; shortening of om te


om

De rechter is om.
The judge has been persuaded.

Je tijd is om.

nl-adj

om (used only predicatively, not comparable)


om

In fact it sounded exactly like the voice of Livia, her vanished sister, and, like her, it was intoning the Aum just as she used once to do at the beginning of her yoga sessions.

1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 800:

Om is pronounced "a-a-o-o-u-u-m-m" and is repeated slowly for as long as possible.

2001 October 20, Hazel Curry, The Guardian:

(Hinduism, Buddhism) A sacred, mystical syllable used in prayer and meditation.

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ओम् (om) (symbol ॐ (oṃ)). The former (om) is used in both Buddhist and Hindu settings, while the latter (aum) is usually used only in Jain and Hindu settings.


om

Allen Ginsberg omming like a death rattle, his voice ravaged by the days of Hindu chants and gas.

1996, Nora Sayre, Sixties Going on Seventies, page 14:

I had to go into church to clear it by chanting the sacred mantra 'Om'. I was omming, loudly and intensely so that the vibration of that sacred mantra would fill every corner.

(intransitive) To chant the sacred syllable om.

en-verb

om (third-person singular simple present oms, present participle omming, simple past and past participle ommed)

oms (present singular third-person)
omming (participle present)
ommed (participle past)
ommed (past)


om

om (canonical masculine)
umign (canonical)
oms (plural)


om

(Hinduism, Buddhism) om: a sacred, mystical syllable used in prayer and meditation.

From Sanskrit ओं (oṃ) or औं (auṃ) or ॐ (oṃ). Cognate with Balinese ᬒᬁ.


om

(colloquial) uncle (The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent)

(colloquial) uncle (form of address to a man by young people or children)

id-noun

om (first-person possessive omku, second-person possessive ommu, third-person possessive omnya)

omku (first-person possessive)
ommu (possessive second-person)
omnya (possessive third-person)

From Dutch oom (“uncle”), from Middle Dutch oom, from Old Dutch *ōm, from Proto-Germanic *awahaimaz (“maternal uncle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (“maternal uncle, maternal grandfather”).


om

Bind et rep om halsen hans!

Jeg kommer om ti minutter.

(when speaking of time) in (after a period of time)

Vi snakket nettopp om deg.

om våren

om kvelden

during, in (with words for seasons or times of the day)

From Old Norse um, from Proto-Germanic *umbi (“around, about”).
* As a conjunction, um superseded or blended with Old Norse ef and em, taking on their function as well. This is from Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”), whence also English if and German ob.


om

De spurte om jeg ville komme.


om

Bind eit reip om halsen på han!

Eg kjem om ti minutt.

in (when speaking of time) (after a period of time)

om våren

om kvelden

in (with words for seasons or times of the day)

Me snakka nettopp om deg.

Me køyrde til Bergen om Hardanger
We drove to Bergen via Hardanger

From the earlier, Old Norse preposition um, from Proto-Germanic *umbi (“around, about”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (“by, around”), from earlier *h₂ntbʰi, instrumental case form to *h₂énts (“face”). Doublet of ambi- and amfi.
* As a conjunction, um superseded or blended with Old Norse ef and em, taking on their function as well. This is from Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”), whence also English if and German ob.


om

Om du har sjokolade?

(dialectal, Rogaland) Used to introduce yes-no-questions.


om

omen (definite singular)
omar (indefinite plural)
omane (definite plural)

Compare with Old Norse ómun f (“voice”).


om

sga-decl-adj-table

*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

om (masculine nominative singular)
om (feminine nominative singular)
om (neuter nominative singular)
oim (masculine singular vocative)
om (masculine singular vocative)
om (feminine singular vocative)
om (neuter singular vocative)
om (accusative masculine singular)
oim (accusative feminine singular)
om (accusative neuter singular)
oim (genitive masculine singular)
oime (feminine genitive singular)
oim (genitive neuter singular)
om (dative masculine singular)
oim (dative feminine singular)
om (dative neuter singular)
oim (masculine nominative plural)
oma (feminine neuter nominative plural)
omu (masculine plural vocative)
oma (masculine plural vocative)
oma (feminine neuter plural vocative)
omu (accusative masculine plural)
oma (accusative masculine plural)
oma (accusative feminine neuter plural)
om (feminine genitive masculine neuter plural)
omaib (dative feminine masculine neuter plural)
om
n-om

Middle Irish: om

Irish: amh

Scottish Gaelic: amh

Manx: aw

From Proto-Celtic *omos (compare Welsh of), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₃mós.


om

head

om m (oblique plural oms, nominative singular oms, nominative plural om)

oms (oblique plural)
oms (nominative singular)
om (nominative plural)


om

om (nominative singular)
omy (nominative plural)
oma (genitive singular)
omów (genitive plural)
omowi (dative singular)
omom (dative plural)
om (accusative singular)
omy (accusative plural)
omem (instrumental singular)
omami (instrumental plural)
omie (locative singular)
omach (locative plural)
omie (singular vocative)
omy (plural vocative)

Named after the German physicist Georg Ohm.


om

oameni (plural)
om (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
omul (accusative definite nominative singular)
oameni (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
oamenii (accusative definite nominative plural)
om (indefinite singular)
omului (definite singular)
oameni (indefinite plural)
oamenilor (definite plural)
omule (singular vocative)
oamenilor (plural vocative)

Inherited from Latin homō (nominative). The plural reflects Latin hominēs.


om

om merge mâine undeva

(noi) om (modal auxiliary, first-person plural form of vrea, used with infinitives to form presumptive tenses)


om

From Old Norse um, from Proto-Germanic *umbi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi.
* As a conjunction, um superseded or blended with Old Norse ef and em, taking on their function as well. This is from Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”), whence also English if and German ob.


om

en bok om tåg

Vi har pratat om dig

Vad pratar de om?

om tio minuter

Vem kan komma på festen jag ska ha om en vecka?

Who can come to the party I will have in a week?

Han har ett rep om sin hals

De flyttade om möblerna

Kocken rörde om i grytan

om våren

om kvällarna

Han röker fem cigaretter om dagen

Jag jobbar nästan alla dagar om året

De reser till Finland två gånger om året

a (only when speaking about frequencies); per

till vänster om kylskåpet

norr om staden

Ta hand om det!


om

Hon målade om huset

Sara blev tvungen att göra om läxorna

Specifies that a verb is done again; compare English re-.


om

(stative) alternative form of omu (“ripe”)

toom (exclusive first-person plural)
foom (first-person plural)
miom (first-person plural)
noom (exclusive plural second-person)
niom (plural second-person)
oom (masculine plural third-person)
iom (masculine third-person)
yoom (masculine third-person)
moom (feminine masculine)
iom (feminine)
yoom (feminine)
iom (masculine neuter)
iom (neuter)
yoom (neuter)

From the older omu, with word-final vowel deletion.


om

(international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Oromo.


om

om cá

om chuối

nồi om


om

Trời tối om.

pitch-dark; pitch-black; very much (esp. dark)


om

Ngày nay, khi nói tới đàn bầu thì người ta nghĩ ngay tới cái bầu, có hình như bầu rượu, được gắn vào cần đàn để om tiếng.

Today, when talking about the dan bau, people immediately think of a gourd, shaped like a wine gourd, attached to the neck of the instrument to make sounds.


om

Omotof soni, keli onemol Yesusi; om ga olelivükom pöpi de sinods onik.

1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: I:

She will give birth to a son and you must name him Jesus, because he is the one who is to save his people from their sins.

oms (plural)
om (nominative singular)
oms (nominative plural)
oma (genitive singular)
omas (genitive plural)
ome (dative singular)
omes (dative plural)
omi (accusative singular)
omis (accusative plural)


om

From Old Frisian umbe, from Proto-Germanic *umbi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi.