"kaum" meaning in German

See kaum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /kaʊ̯m/, [kʰaʊ̯m] Audio: De-at-kaum.ogg [Austria], De-kaum.ogg
Rhymes: -aʊ̯m Etymology: From Middle High German kūme, from Old High German kūmo, from Proto-Germanic *kūmaz, *kūmijaz (“weak, pitiful, frail”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to call, cry”). Cognate with English comely and archaic Dutch kuim (“barely”). Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|kūme}} Middle High German kūme, {{inh|de|goh|kūmo}} Old High German kūmo, {{der|de|gem-pro|*kūmaz}} Proto-Germanic *kūmaz, {{m|gem-pro|*kūmijaz|t=weak, pitiful, frail}} *kūmijaz (“weak, pitiful, frail”), {{der|de|ine-pro|*gewH-|t=to call, cry}} Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to call, cry”), {{cog|en|comely}} English comely, {{cog|nl|kuim||barely}} Dutch kuim (“barely”) Head templates: {{head|de|adverb||||am {{{2}}}|head=|sort=}} kaum, {{de-adv}} kaum
  1. barely, hardly
    Sense id: en-kaum-de-adv-z7thf3gd
  2. (with zu infinitive) difficult to, nearly impossible to Tags: with zu infinitive
    Sense id: en-kaum-de-adv-kNx64TPK Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 0
  3. little Synonyms: wenig
    Sense id: en-kaum-de-adv-GAygG5Xw

Download JSON data for kaum meaning in German (3.0kB)

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