om-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "om"

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse um (“about, concerning”).

Prefix

om-

  1. re-, over
    ‎om- + ‎male (“paint”) → ‎ommale (“repaint”)
    ‎om- + ‎klassificere (“classify”) → ‎omklassificere (“reclassify”)
    ‎om- + ‎bestemme (sig) (“decide”) → ‎ombestemme (sig) (“change one's mind”)
  2. around

Synonyms

Derived terms
Danish terms prefixed with om-

Dutch

Etymology

See om

Pronunciation
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Prefix

om-

  1. Denotes that the action encloses or surrounds the object.
    Het kind omklemde haar moeder.
    The child clamped herself around her mother.
Dutch terms prefixed with om-

Northern Ndebele

Prefix

om-

  1. Second-person singular adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

Prefix

om-

  1. Class 1 adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

Prefix

om-

  1. Class 3 adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

See om

Prefix

om-

  1. around
  2. re-

Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with om-

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

See om

Prefix

om-

  1. around
  2. re-

References
Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with om-

Southern Ndebele

Prefix

om-

  1. Second-person singular adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

Prefix

om-

  1. Class 1 adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

Prefix

om-

  1. Class 3 adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

Swedish

Etymology

From om.

Prefix

om-

  1. around, about
    Synonym: kring-
    ‎om- + ‎ring (“ring”) → ‎omringa (“surround”)
    ‎om- + ‎slingra (“slither”) → ‎omslingra (“entwine”)
    ‎om- + ‎skära (“cut”) → ‎omskära (“circumcise (of which it is a calque)”)
  2. about
    ‎om- + ‎tala (“speak”) → ‎omtalad (“talked about”)
  3. re-, again, over
    Synonyms: (less common) gen-, re-
    ‎om- + ‎klassificera (“classify”) → ‎omklassificera (“reclassify”)

References

Xhosa

Prefix

om-

  1. Second-person singular adjective concord.

Prefix

om-

  1. Class 1 adjective concord.

Prefix

om-

  1. Class 3 adjective concord.

Zulu

Prefix

ṓḿ-

  1. Second-person singular adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

Prefix

ṓḿ-

  1. Class 1 adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

Prefix

ṓḿ-

  1. Class 3 adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

References
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