"flum" meaning in Swedish

See flum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /flɵm/
Etymology: Deverbal from flumma or back-formation from flummig. Attested since 1979. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|sv|flumma}} Deverbal from flumma, {{back-formation|sv|flummig|nocap=1}} back-formation from flummig Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||||g=n|g2=|g3=|g4=|head=|sort=}} flum n, {{sv-noun|n}} flum n Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], flum [indefinite, nominative, singular], flums [genitive, indefinite, singular], flummet [definite, nominative, singular], flummets [definite, genitive, singular], - [indefinite, nominative, plural], - [genitive, indefinite, plural], - [definite, nominative, plural], - [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. something intellectually messy or lacking in meaning(ful content); dopiness, haziness Tags: neuter Related terms: flumma, flummare, flummig

Inflected forms

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      "name": "deverbal"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "flummig",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "back-formation from flummig",
      "name": "back-formation"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from flumma or back-formation from flummig. Attested since 1979.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flums",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flummet",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flummets",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "g4": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "flum n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "flum n",
      "name": "sv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 8 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish back-formations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish deverbals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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            [
              76,
              80
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              50,
              55
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Is there any evidence that method works? It seems dopey to me.",
          "text": "Finns det stöd för att den där metoden fungerar? För mig känns det mest som flum.",
          "translation": "Is there any evidence that method works? It seems dopey to me.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              52,
              56
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              60,
              67
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The doctor thought the method from alternative medicine was woo-woo",
          "text": "Läkaren tyckte den alternativmedicinska metoden var flum",
          "translation": "The doctor thought the method from alternative medicine was woo-woo",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              33,
              37
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              31,
              45
            ]
          ],
          "english": "That newspaper article is just empty nonsense",
          "text": "Den där tidningsartikeln är bara flum",
          "translation": "That newspaper article is just empty nonsense",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              18,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              19,
              45
            ]
          ],
          "english": "There was a lot of silly dopey messing around that evening after they had smoked up",
          "text": "Det blev en massa flum den kvällen efter de rökt på",
          "translation": "There was a lot of silly dopey messing around that evening after they had smoked up",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "something intellectually messy or lacking in meaning(ful content); dopiness, haziness"
      ],
      "id": "en-flum-sv-noun-4AjeiDMo",
      "links": [
        [
          "intellectually",
          "intellectually"
        ],
        [
          "messy",
          "messy"
        ],
        [
          "dopiness",
          "dopiness"
        ],
        [
          "haziness",
          "haziness"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "flumma"
        },
        {
          "word": "flummare"
        },
        {
          "word": "flummig"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/flɵm/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "flum"
}
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        "2": "flumma"
      },
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      "name": "deverbal"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "flummig",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "back-formation from flummig",
      "name": "back-formation"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from flumma or back-formation from flummig. Attested since 1979.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flums",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flummet",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flummets",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "g4": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "flum n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "flum n",
      "name": "sv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "flumma"
    },
    {
      "word": "flummare"
    },
    {
      "word": "flummig"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 8 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Swedish back-formations",
        "Swedish deverbals",
        "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swedish lemmas",
        "Swedish neuter nouns",
        "Swedish nouns",
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              76,
              80
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              50,
              55
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Is there any evidence that method works? It seems dopey to me.",
          "text": "Finns det stöd för att den där metoden fungerar? För mig känns det mest som flum.",
          "translation": "Is there any evidence that method works? It seems dopey to me.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              52,
              56
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              60,
              67
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The doctor thought the method from alternative medicine was woo-woo",
          "text": "Läkaren tyckte den alternativmedicinska metoden var flum",
          "translation": "The doctor thought the method from alternative medicine was woo-woo",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              33,
              37
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              31,
              45
            ]
          ],
          "english": "That newspaper article is just empty nonsense",
          "text": "Den där tidningsartikeln är bara flum",
          "translation": "That newspaper article is just empty nonsense",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              18,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              19,
              45
            ]
          ],
          "english": "There was a lot of silly dopey messing around that evening after they had smoked up",
          "text": "Det blev en massa flum den kvällen efter de rökt på",
          "translation": "There was a lot of silly dopey messing around that evening after they had smoked up",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "something intellectually messy or lacking in meaning(ful content); dopiness, haziness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "intellectually",
          "intellectually"
        ],
        [
          "messy",
          "messy"
        ],
        [
          "dopiness",
          "dopiness"
        ],
        [
          "haziness",
          "haziness"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/flɵm/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "flum"
}

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