klam
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Deverbal from klamat (“to deceive”). Compare Slovak klam, Slovak klamstvo, Polish kłamstwo.
Noun edit
klam m inan
Declension edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
klam
Further reading edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German klam.
Adjective edit
klam (neuter klamt, plural and definite singular attributive klamme, comparative klammere, superlative (predicative) klammest, superlative (attributive) klammeste)
- uncomfortably damp and cold
- (figurative, informal) unpleasant, repulsive
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch clam, ultimately from or related to Proto-West Germanic *klaimijan (“to smear with clay”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
klam (comparative klammer, superlative klamst)
Inflection edit
| Inflection of klam | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | klam | |||
| inflected | klamme | |||
| comparative | klammer | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | klam | klammer | het klamst het klamste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | klamme | klammere | klamste |
| n. sing. | klam | klammer | klamste | |
| plural | klamme | klammere | klamste | |
| definite | klamme | klammere | klamste | |
| partitive | klams | klammers | — | |
Anagrams edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German klam (“tight”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Cognate with Danish klam, Dutch klam and German klamm.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
klam (neuter singular klamt, definite singular and plural klamme, comparative klammere, predicative superlative klammest, attributive superlative klammeste)
- clammy; damp, moist and cold (especially regarding human skin or the air)
- Synonym: fuktig
- Det var klamt og fuktig i rommet.
- It was clammy and damp in the room.
- 1875, Henrik Ibsen, Catilina, page 101:
- jeg ser mig i en hvælving, klam som gravens muld
- I see myself in a vault, clammy like the dust of the grave
- 1879, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norske Folke- og Huldre-Eventyr, page 174:
- klamme gjennemtrængende luftninger
- clammy penetrating aerations
- 1885, Henrik Ibsen, Brand, page 117:
- her sænker skodden klamt sig ned
- here the shutter clammily lowers down
- 1899, Henrik Ibsen, Når vi døde vågner, page 196:
- to klamme lig
- two moist corpses
- 1907, Nils Collett Vogt, September-Brand, page 124:
- høstmørket længer sig klamt og vaadt
- the autumn darkness longs clammy and wet
- 1889, Nils Collett Vogt, Familiens sorg, page 18:
- han var sved paa panden og klam paa hænderne
- he was sweating on his forehead and clammy on his hands
- 1994, Dag Solstad, Genanse og verdighet:
- dette klamme klasseværelset
- this clammy classroom
- 1990, Atle Næss, Kraften som beveger:
- en varm, klam septemberkveld med tordenvær i lufta
- a warm, humid September evening with thunderstorms in the air
- 1996, Gunnar Staalesen, De døde har det godt:
- hun var … klam i hendene da vi håndhilste
- she was… clammy in her hands when we shook hands
- 2005, Linn Ullmann, Et velsignet barn:
- klamme laken
- clammy sheets
- (colloquial) piercing, unpleasant (of a mood or atmosphere)
- 1911, Hjalmar Christensen, Fogedgaarden, page 24:
- det var ingen aabenbar uvenlighed, men en seig, klam mistænksomhet
- it was no obvious unkindness, but a tenacious, piercing suspicion
- 1994, Dag Solstad, Genanse og verdighet:
- Johan Corneliussen må ha været den klamme taushet i rommet under dette måltid
- Johan Corneliussen must have been the most unpleasant silence in the room during this meal
- awkward
- 2003, Arne Svingen, De tøffeste gutta, page 57:
- alt ble så klamt når læreren skulle bry seg
- everything became so awkward when the teacher had to care
Derived terms edit
- klamsvett (“clammy and sweaty”)