Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse aumr, cognate with Norwegian øm, Swedish öm.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. tender
  2. aching

Inflection

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Inflection of øm
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte 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.

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