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NORWEGIAN BOKMÅL · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

om.

around

2 characters1 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

prep/ɔm/

  1. around

  2. in (after a period of time)

  3. about

  4. during, in (with words for seasons or times of the day)

Where this word comes from

From Old Norse um, from Proto-Germanic *umbi (“around, about”). See cognates Dutch om and German um. As a conjunction, um superseded or blended with Old Norse ef and em, taking on their function as well. This is from Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”), whence also English if and German ob.

conj/ɔm/

  1. whether

Where this word comes from

From Old Norse um, from Proto-Germanic *umbi (“around, about”). See cognates Dutch om and German um. As a conjunction, um superseded or blended with Old Norse ef and em, taking on their function as well. This is from Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”), whence also English if and German ob.

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