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galm

Afrikaans edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch galmen.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

galm (present galm, present participle galmende, past participle gegalm)

  1. (intransitive) to echo, to reverbate

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɣɑlm/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: galm
  • Rhymes: -ɑlm

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch galm.

Noun edit

galm m (plural galmen, diminutive galmpje n)

  1. echo, reverberation
  2. backtalk
    (Brabantian, spoken) En uwe galm kunt ge voor u eigen houden! - Keep your backtalk to yourself!
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

galm

  1. inflection of galmen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Old Saxon edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *galmaz, whence also Old High German galm, modern Dutch galm. Also related to galan and galpon, Old English giellan and galdor, modern Dutch gillen.

Noun edit

galm m

  1. echo, noise, voice

Declension edit

Declension of galm (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative galm galmos
accusative galm galmos
genitive galmes galmō
dative galme galmum
instrumental — —


Descendants edit

  • Dutch Low Saxon: galm, naogalm
  • German Low German: Galm

West Frisian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Old Frisian *galm, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *galmaz.

Noun edit

galm c (plural galmen)

  1. reverberation, echo

Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from Old Frisian *gelm, from Proto-West Germanic *galmi; Old Frisian /el/ regularly becomes /al/ in Schiermonnikoog.[1]

Noun edit

galm m

  1. (Schiermonnikoog) armful, bundle

References edit

  1. ^ Rolf Brenner (1988 December) “The Old Frisian component in Holthausen's Altenglisches etymologisches Worterbuch”, in Anglo-Saxon England‎[1], volume 17, →DOI, pages 5-13

Further reading edit

  • “galm”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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