üm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "um"

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German ümme, from Old Saxon umbi, from Proto-Germanic *umbi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ym/
• IPA^(key): /um/ (Eastern dialects)

Preposition

üm

1. around, about (sometimes in combination with bi)
2. at (a time)

Inflection

Pronominal adverbs of üm

preposition	üm
postpositional adv.	üm
+ her (hither)	rüm
+ düt (this)	hierüm
+ dat (that)	dorüm
+ wat (what)	worüm
+ wat (something)	enerwegens üm
+ nix (nothing)	nargens üm
+ allens (everything)	överall üm

Adverb

üm

1. around, about
2. around, over (to another state)

   He dee de Schacken üm.

   He turned the switch over.

3. over, from an upright to a horizontal position (as in "fall over")

Conjunction

üm

1. (üm to) in order to

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Ulch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʊm]

Numeral

üm

1. one

References

• Natasha Stoynova, The Internalization of Inflection? The Restrictive kə̄n in Ulch, 2018.