damm

See also: Damm and dämm

Swedish

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)
  • IPA(key): /dam/

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish damb, dåm (“dust, steam”). Akin to Low German damp, Dutch damp, and Danish damp (“vapor, steam, fog”), German Dampf, Icelandic dampi, English damp (“moderately wet”), and to German dampf imperative of dimpfen (“to smoke”). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dampaz.

Noun

damm n

  1. dust
Declension
Declension of damm 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative damm dammet — —
Genitive damms dammets — —
Synonyms
  • damb (dialectal)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish damber, dampn, from Old Norse dammr, from Proto-Germanic *dammaz.

Noun

damm c

  1. dam; pond, pool
Declension
Declension of damm 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative damm dammen dammar dammarna
Genitive damms dammens dammars dammarnas
Derived terms

References

Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija (editors). 1992–2000. Suomen sanojen alkuperä ('The Origin of Finnish Words'). Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus/Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. →ISBN.

Westrobothnian

Alternative forms
  • dæmm

Etymology 1

From Old Norse dammr, from Proto-Germanic *dammaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [d̥ámː], [d̥ǽmː]
    Rhymes: -ámː, -ǽmː

Noun

damm n

  1. embankment
Derived terms
  • dammbol (“floodgate”)
  • kagdamm n (“temporary embankment above the permanent one”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse damma, from Latin domna, from domina.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [d̥æ̀mː]
    Rhymes: -àmː, -æ̀mː

Noun

damm f

  1. matron, matronly woman
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