"tam" meaning in Dutch

See tam in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /tɑm/ Audio: Nl-tam.ogg
Rhymes: -ɑm Etymology: From Old Dutch *tam, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz. Etymology templates: {{root|nl|ine-pro|*demh₂-}}, {{inh|nl|odt|*tam}} Old Dutch *tam, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*tamaz}} Proto-Germanic *tamaz Head templates: {{nl-adj|tammer}} tam (comparative tammer, superlative tamst) Inflection templates: {{nl-decl-adj|tamme}} Forms: tammer [comparative], tamst [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], tam [adverbial, positive, predicative], tammer [adverbial, comparative, predicative], het tamst [adverbial, predicative, superlative], het tamste [adverbial, predicative, superlative], tamme [feminine, indefinite, masculine, positive, singular], tammere [comparative, feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular], tamste [feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular, superlative], tam [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], tammer [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], tamste [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], tamme [indefinite, plural, positive], tammere [comparative, indefinite, plural], tamste [indefinite, plural, superlative], tamme [definite, positive], tammere [comparative, definite], tamste [definite, superlative], tams [partitive, positive], tammers [comparative, partitive], - [partitive, superlative]
  1. tame, not wild
    Sense id: en-tam-nl-adj-wbjRmZLo
  2. (figuratively) boring, unexciting, bland Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-tam-nl-adj-xzUFOQwD Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 14 86

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for tam meaning in Dutch (3.8kB)

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "af",
            "2": "tam"
          },
          "expansion": "Afrikaans: tam",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Afrikaans: tam"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dcr",
            "2": "teem"
          },
          "expansion": "Negerhollands: teem",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Negerhollands: teem"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*demh₂-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "*tam"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *tam",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*tamaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *tamaz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Dutch *tam, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tammer",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamst",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nl-decl-adj",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tam",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "positive",
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tammer",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "comparative",
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "het tamst",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "predicative",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "het tamste",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "predicative",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamme",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tammere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamste",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tam",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tammer",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamste",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamme",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tammere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamste",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamme",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tammere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamste",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tams",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tammers",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "partitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tammer"
      },
      "expansion": "tam (comparative tammer, superlative tamst)",
      "name": "nl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tamme"
      },
      "name": "nl-decl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tame, not wild"
      ],
      "id": "en-tam-nl-adj-wbjRmZLo",
      "links": [
        [
          "tame",
          "tame"
        ],
        [
          "wild",
          "wild"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "boring, unexciting, bland"
      ],
      "id": "en-tam-nl-adj-xzUFOQwD",
      "links": [
        [
          "boring",
          "boring"
        ],
        [
          "unexciting",
          "unexciting"
        ],
        [
          "bland",
          "bland"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) boring, unexciting, bland"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑm/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑm"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-tam.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e4/Nl-tam.ogg/Nl-tam.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Nl-tam.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tam"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Dutch adjectives",
    "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
    "Dutch lemmas",
    "Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch",
    "Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Dutch terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *demh₂-",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Dutch terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/ɑm",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/ɑm/1 syllable"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "af",
            "2": "tam"
          },
          "expansion": "Afrikaans: tam",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Afrikaans: tam"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dcr",
            "2": "teem"
          },
          "expansion": "Negerhollands: teem",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Negerhollands: teem"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*demh₂-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "*tam"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *tam",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*tamaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *tamaz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Dutch *tam, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tammer",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamst",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nl-decl-adj",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tam",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "positive",
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tammer",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "comparative",
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "het tamst",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "predicative",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "het tamste",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "predicative",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamme",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tammere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamste",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tam",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tammer",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamste",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamme",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tammere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamste",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamme",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tammere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tamste",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tams",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tammers",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "partitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tammer"
      },
      "expansion": "tam (comparative tammer, superlative tamst)",
      "name": "nl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tamme"
      },
      "name": "nl-decl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tame, not wild"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tame",
          "tame"
        ],
        [
          "wild",
          "wild"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "boring, unexciting, bland"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "boring",
          "boring"
        ],
        [
          "unexciting",
          "unexciting"
        ],
        [
          "bland",
          "bland"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) boring, unexciting, bland"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑm/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑm"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-tam.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e4/Nl-tam.ogg/Nl-tam.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Nl-tam.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tam"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Dutch dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.