"om" meaning in Danish

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Adverb

Rhymes: -ɒm Etymology: From Old Norse um, from Proto-Germanic *umbi. Cognate with German um (“about”). Etymology templates: {{inh|da|non|um}} Old Norse um, {{inh|da|gem-pro|*umbi}} Proto-Germanic *umbi, {{cog|de|um||about}} German um (“about”) Head templates: {{head|da|adverb|head=}} om, {{da-adv}} om
  1. such that something changes orientation or has its orientation changed
    Sense id: en-om-da-adv-qgk6DeZv Categories (other): Danish prepositions Disambiguation of Danish prepositions: 19 5 13 11 19 13 7 13 0
  2. such that something moves or is moved to the far side of something
    Sense id: en-om-da-adv-Tjbhws2e
  3. such that something is surrounded
    Sense id: en-om-da-adv-uAboFe9A Categories (other): Danish prepositions Disambiguation of Danish prepositions: 19 5 13 11 19 13 7 13 0
  4. in changing, goalless directions
    Sense id: en-om-da-adv-Zw68XSV3 Categories (other): Danish prepositions Disambiguation of Danish prepositions: 19 5 13 11 19 13 7 13 0
  5. again, returning to the beginning (whence ommer, om igen, tro om igen)
    Sense id: en-om-da-adv-Rn4hpFrb Categories (other): Danish prepositions Disambiguation of Danish prepositions: 19 5 13 11 19 13 7 13 0
  6. such that something is changed (whence lave om
    Sense id: en-om-da-adv-s95Io3T1 Categories (other): Danish prepositions Disambiguation of Danish prepositions: 19 5 13 11 19 13 7 13 0
  7. going forwards in a book or similar, reaching some page
    Sense id: en-om-da-adv-xEQ1x3Mh
  8. such that something rotates or revolves (either of its own accord or by external influence)
    Sense id: en-om-da-adv-gHluS93c Categories (other): Danish prepositions Disambiguation of Danish prepositions: 19 5 13 11 19 13 7 13 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Conjunction

IPA: [ʌm]
Etymology: From Old Danish ef, em, um, from Old Norse ef, from Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”). Cognate with English if, German ob (“if”). Etymology templates: {{inh|da|gmq-oda|ef}} Old Danish ef, {{m|gmq-oda|em}} em, {{m|gmq-oda|um}} um, {{inh|da|non|ef}} Old Norse ef, {{inh|da|gem-pro|*jabai||when, if}} Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”), {{cog|en|if}} English if, {{cog|de|ob||if}} German ob (“if”) Head templates: {{head|da|conjunction}} om, {{da-con}} om
  1. whether (introducing an indirect question) Synonyms (irrespective of): selvom, uagtet, på trods af Synonyms (whether): hvorvidt
    Sense id: en-om-da-conj-mN9QP1nt Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 7 2 11 2 7 10 2 8 21 10 8 0 12 0 Disambiguation of 'irrespective of': 43 16 16 0 25 Disambiguation of 'whether': 96 0 0 2 2
  2. (formal) if (introducing a conditional clause) Tags: formal
    Sense id: en-om-da-conj-ED~fEy5t
  3. if (introducing a concessive clause)
    Sense id: en-om-da-conj-RrefIM-l
  4. even if
    Sense id: en-om-da-conj-OJH2K79-
  5. if only (introducing a wish) Synonyms (desire): bare, gid
    Sense id: en-om-da-conj-D8tTV5~i Disambiguation of 'desire': 13 12 9 0 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (if): hvis
Etymology number: 2 Disambiguation of 'if': 0 0 0 0 0

Preposition

Rhymes: -ɒm Etymology: From Old Norse um, from Proto-Germanic *umbi. Cognate with German um (“about”). Etymology templates: {{inh|da|non|um}} Old Norse um, {{inh|da|gem-pro|*umbi}} Proto-Germanic *umbi, {{cog|de|um||about}} German um (“about”) Head templates: {{head|da|preposition}} om
  1. about
    Sense id: en-om-da-prep-pCYuHJvL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Download JSON data for om meaning in Danish (9.6kB)

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          "roman": "... hvor længe skal jeg flakke om i denne gådernes og drømmenes og de uransagelige fænomeners verden?",
          "text": "2017, Hjalmar Söderberg (Translated by Jørgen Årup Hansen), Doktor Glas, Gyldendal A/S →ISBN, page 28",
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          "english": "\"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 ...\"",
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          "english": "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.",
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          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2017, Morten Sabroe, Love Me Do, Politikens Forlag",
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          "text": "2017, Sacha Batthyany (Translated by Uffe Gardel), Og hvad har det med mig at gøre, Art People →ISBN\nMen verdenskrisen i 1929 lukkede fabrikken, og indenrigsministeriet overtog den og byggede den om til et fængsel.",
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  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "such that something changes orientation or has its orientation changed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Danish terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "They are going to the dark side of the church.",
          "ref": "2015, Karsten H Petersen, To mus på tur: en julekalender og en påskekalender, BoD – Books on Demand",
          "text": "De skal om på den mørke side af kirken.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "such that something moves or is moved to the far side of something"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Danish terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Wrung the rag, washed the finger, wrapped paper around [it] and resumed peeling potatoes.",
          "ref": "2016, Ole Henrik Laub, Hovedrollen, Lindhardt og Ringhof",
          "text": "Vred kluden op, vaskede fingeren, viklede papir om og begyndte igen at skrælle kartofler.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "such that something is surrounded"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Danish terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "... for how long must I wander about in this world of the riddles, the dreams and the inscrutable phenomena?",
          "roman": "... hvor længe skal jeg flakke om i denne gådernes og drømmenes og de uransagelige fænomeners verden?",
          "text": "2017, Hjalmar Söderberg (Translated by Jørgen Årup Hansen), Doktor Glas, Gyldendal A/S →ISBN, page 28",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in changing, goalless directions"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "goal",
          "goal"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Danish terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "\"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 ...\"",
          "ref": "2014, Dennis Jürgensen, Måske, Tellerup A/S",
          "text": "„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 ...“",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "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.",
          "ref": "2016, Terje Nordberg, Det må godt føles rart, Lindhardt og Ringhof",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Morten Sabroe, Love Me Do, Politikens Forlag",
          "roman": "He rewrote it three times.",
          "text": "Han skrev den om tre gange.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "again, returning to the beginning (whence ommer, om igen, tro om igen)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "again",
          "again"
        ],
        [
          "ommer",
          "ommer#Danish"
        ],
        [
          "om igen",
          "om igen#Danish"
        ],
        [
          "tro om igen",
          "tro om igen#Danish"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Danish terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "But the world crisis in 1929 closed down the factory, and the ministry of internal affairs took it and rebuilt it into a prison.",
          "text": "2017, Sacha Batthyany (Translated by Uffe Gardel), Og hvad har det med mig at gøre, Art People →ISBN\nMen verdenskrisen i 1929 lukkede fabrikken, og indenrigsministeriet overtog den og byggede den om til et fængsel.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "such that something is changed (whence lave om"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lave om",
          "lave om#Danish"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Danish terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Slowly, Consuela turned the pages till she reached the table of contents.",
          "ref": "2014, Lene Dybdahl, Nøglens Vogtere #2: Visigotens Hjelm, Tellerup A/S",
          "text": "Consuela bladrede langsomt om på indholdsfortegnelsen.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "going forwards in a book or similar, reaching some page"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reach",
          "reach"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "She turned and looked at him.",
          "text": "Hun vendte sig om og så på ham."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "such that something rotates or revolves (either of its own accord or by external influence)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rotate",
          "rotate"
        ],
        [
          "revolve",
          "revolve"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒm"
    }
  ],
  "word": "om"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Danish conjunctions",
    "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Danish lemmas",
    "Danish terms derived from Old Danish",
    "Danish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Danish terms inherited from Old Danish",
    "Danish terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Danish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Danish terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gmq-oda",
        "3": "ef"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Danish ef",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmq-oda",
        "2": "em"
      },
      "expansion": "em",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmq-oda",
        "2": "um"
      },
      "expansion": "um",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "ef"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse ef",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*jabai",
        "4": "",
        "5": "when, if"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "if"
      },
      "expansion": "English if",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "ob",
        "3": "",
        "4": "if"
      },
      "expansion": "German ob (“if”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Danish ef, em, um, from Old Norse ef, from Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”). Cognate with English if, German ob (“if”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "conjunction"
      },
      "expansion": "om",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "om",
      "name": "da-con"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Danish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I have been asked to ask [you] if you have five minutes.",
          "text": "Jeg skulle spørge om du havde fem minutter.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "whether (introducing an indirect question)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "whether",
          "whether"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Danish formal terms",
        "Danish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If necessary, remove the dirt.",
          "text": "Fjern om nødvendigt jorden.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "If only you would listen, I shall explain everything.",
          "text": "Om du bare ville lytte, skal jeg forklare alt.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "if (introducing a conditional clause)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "if",
          "if"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(formal) if (introducing a conditional clause)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Danish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "She was, if not dead, then at least seriously wounded.",
          "text": "Hun var om ikke død, så i hvert fald stærkt såret.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "if (introducing a concessive clause)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "if",
          "if"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Danish terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "... but hey, I want [a medal]; I shall not stop before [getting it], even if I shall have to go to another war.",
          "text": "2013, Gyldendal, Breve hjem: Danske soldater i Første Verdenskrig, Gyldendal A/S →ISBN\n... men du, jeg vil have den; før holder jeg ikke op, om så jeg skal med i en krig til.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "even if"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "even if",
          "even if"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "if only (introducing a wish)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "if only",
          "if only#English"
        ],
        [
          "wish",
          "wish"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ʌm]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "whether",
      "word": "hvorvidt"
    },
    {
      "sense": "if",
      "word": "hvis"
    },
    {
      "sense": "irrespective of",
      "word": "selvom"
    },
    {
      "sense": "irrespective of",
      "word": "uagtet"
    },
    {
      "sense": "irrespective of",
      "word": "på trods af"
    },
    {
      "sense": "desire",
      "word": "bare"
    },
    {
      "sense": "desire",
      "word": "gid"
    }
  ],
  "word": "om"
}

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