sømme

Danish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sœmə/, [ˈsœmə], [ˈsœmm̩]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse seyma (“to stud”) (rare), from Proto-Germanic *saumijaną (“to sew, seam”), cognate with German säumen, Dutch zomen. Derived from the noun *saumaz (“stitch, seam”) (Danish søm).

Verb

sømme (past tense sømmede, past participle sømmet)

to nail (to fix with a nail)

Conjugation

Inflection of sømme

	present	past
simple	sømmer	sømmede
perfect	har sømmet	havde sømmet
passive	sømmes	sømmedes
participle	sømmende	sømmet
imperative	søm	—
infinitive	sømme	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	sømmen	—

References

“sømme,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
“sømme,3” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 2

From sauma (“to sew”), either a new formation from the noun saumr (“seam, nails”) or from Proto-Germanic *saumōną, a variant of the previous verb.

Verb

sømme (past tense sømmede, past participle sømmet)

to hem (to sew a hem)

Conjugation

Inflection of sømme

	present	past
simple	sømmer	sømmede
perfect	har sømmet	havde sømmet
passive	sømmes	sømmedes
participle	sømmende	sømmet
imperative	søm	—
infinitive	sømme	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	sømmen	—

References

“sømme,3” in Den Danske Ordbog
“sømme,2” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 3

From Old Norse sœma (“to honour, be content, beseem”), from Proto-Germanic *sōmijaną (“to fit”), cognate with Old English sēman (“to reconcile”) (English seem is borrowed from Old Norse). Derived form the adjective *sōmiz (“suitable”). The modern Danish reflexive construction may be influenced by the unrelated German sich ziemen.

Verb

sømme (past tense sømmede, past participle sømmet)

(reflexive) to be proper, befit
(intransitive, obsolete) to befit

Conjugation

Inflection of sømme

	present	past
simple	sømmer	sømmede
perfect	har sømmet	havde sømmet
passive	—	—
participle	sømmende	sømmet
imperative	søm	—
infinitive	sømme	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	sømmen	—

Derived terms

sømmelig

References

“sømme,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
“sømme,4” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog