øm

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse aumr, cognate with Icelandic aumur, Norwegian øm, Swedish öm and Faroese eymur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /œmˀ/, [ˈœmˀ]

Adjective

øm (neuter ømt, plural and definite singular attributive ømme)

  1. tender
  2. aching

Inflection

Inflection of øm
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular øm ømmere ømmest2
indefinite neuter singular ømt ømmere ømmest2
plural ømme ømmere ømmest2
definite attributive1 ømme ømmere ømmeste

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Derived terms

References

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