overwordExplorer
SWEDISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

damm.

dust

4 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/dam/

  1. dust

    neuter
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish damb, dåm (“dust, steam”), from Old Norse dumba (“dust, cloud of dust”), from or related to Proto-Germanic *dampaz (“vapor”). 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”).

noun/dam/

  1. dam; pond, pool

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

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

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

damm has 4 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

damm studiodamm workshello, damm

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.