damm

See also: Damm and dämm

Swedish

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /dam/

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish damb, dåm (“dust, steam”). 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”). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dampaz.

Noun

damm n

1. dust

Declension

Declension of damm
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	damm	dammet	—	—
Genitive	damms	dammets	—	—

Synonyms

• damb (dialectal)

Derived terms

• dammsugare
• dammkåpa

Etymology 2

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

Noun

damm c

1. dam; pond, pool

Declension

Declension of damm
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	damm	dammen	dammar	dammarna
Genitive	damms	dammens	dammars	dammarnas

Derived terms

• ankdamm

References

Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

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Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From , from .

Noun

1. embankment

Etymology 2

From , from , from domina.

Noun

1. matron, matronly woman