dröm

See also: drom and drøm

Swedish

drömmar

Etymology

From Old Norse draumr, from Proto-Germanic *draumaz.

Cognate to English dream.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drœmː/

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Noun

dröm c

1. a dream (imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping)
2. a dream (hope or wish)
3. a type of cookie made with hartshorn salt

   Mormor bjöd på saft och drömmar

   Grandma gave us squash and cookies

Declension

Declension of dröm
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	dröm	drömmen	drömmar	drömmarna
Genitive	dröms	drömmens	drömmars	drömmarnas

Derived terms

• drömsömn (“REM sleep”)
• mardröm (“nightmare”)
• svärmorsdröm (“an ideal partner; a partner mother-in-law would prefer”)

Related terms

• drömma
• drömsk

References

• dröm in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• dröm in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• dröm in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)