Ohm

See also: ohm

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oːm/

Etymology 1

From northern Middle High German ōem and Middle Low German ōm, with reduction of the unstressed ultima and regular loss of intervocalic -h- from Old High German ōheim, Old Saxon *ōhēm, from Proto-Germanic *aw(a)haimaz.

Noun

Ohm m (genitive Ohms, plural Ohme or Ohms)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of Oheim (“uncle”)

Etymology 2

From the noun (etymology 1).

Proper noun

Ohm m or f (genitive Ohms)

1. a surname

Etymology 3

From the physicist Georg Ohm.

Noun

Ohm n (genitive Ohms, plural Ohm)

1. ohm (unit of electrical resistance)