warm

See also: wärm and wårm

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

warme (obsolete)

Pronunciation[edit]

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /wɔːm/
(US) IPA^(key): /wɔɹm/
- Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)m

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English warm, werm, from Old English wearm, from Proto-West Germanic *warm, from Proto-Germanic *warmaz, with different proposed origins:

Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”), related to Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós), Latin formus, Sanskrit घर्म (gharma).
Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to burn”), related to Hittite [script needed] (warnuzi) and to Old Church Slavonic варити (variti).

The dispute is due to differing opinions on how initial Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰ- evolved in Germanic: some think that *gʷʰ would have turned to *b, and that the root *gʷʰer- would instead have given rise to burn etc. Some have also proposed a merger of the two roots.

Adjective[edit]

warm (comparative warmer, superlative warmest)

Of a somewhat high temperature.
The tea is still warm.

This is a very warm room.
- 1863, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Herons of Elmwood:
  Warm and still is the summer night.
- 1985, Robert Ferro, Blue Star:
  It seemed I was too excited for sleep, too warm, too young.
Friendly and with affection.
We have a warm friendship.
Having a color in the part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum between red and yellow-green.
(informal) Close to a goal or correct answer.
- 1876, William Black, “An Encounter”, in Madcap Violet. […], volume III, London: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 74:
  That was a further clue; and here, indeed, young Mr. Dowse was getting "warm," as children say at blind-man's-buff, although, as a matter-of-fact, she had now been talking of George Miller at all.
Fresh, of a scent; still able to be traced.
(figurative) Communicating a sense of comfort, ease, or pleasantness.
a warm piano sound
(archaic) Ardent, zealous.
a warm debate, with strong words exchanged
- 1646 (indicated as 1645), John Milton, “Song on May Morning”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], →OCLC:
  Mirth, and youth, and warm desire!
- 1712 September 22 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “THURSDAY, September 11, 1712”, in The Spectator, number 481; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume V, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
  They say he's a warm man and does not care to be made mouths at.
  The spelling has been modernized.
- 1717, Alexander Pope, “Eloisa to Abelard”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, […], published 1717, →OCLC:
- 1776, Edward Gibbon, chapter I, in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC:
  To the strength and fierceness of barbarians they added a contempt for life, which was derived from a warm persuasion of the immortality and transmigration of the soul.
- 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:
  I had been none of the warmest of partisans.
(archaic, informal) Well off as to property, or in good circumstances; prosperous.
- 1766, [Oliver Goldsmith], The Vicar of Wakefield: […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), Salisbury, Wiltshire: […] B. Collins, for F[rancis] Newbery, […], →OCLC; reprinted London: Elliot Stock, 1885, →OCLC:
  You shall have a draught upon him, payable at sight: and let me tell you he is as warm a man as any within five miles round him.
- 1791, Charlotte Smith, Celestina, Broadview, published 2004, page 258:
  Mrs. and the Miss Cathcarts began to be considered as people of some consequence in the circle in which they moved, while he gradually obtained in the city the name of a warm man.
- 1824, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], Tales of a Traveller, (please specify |part=1 to 4), Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea, […], →OCLC:
  I know the Stuyvesant family —puff— every one of them —puff— not a more respectable family in the province —puff— old standards —puff— warm householders —puff— none of your upstarts
(archaic) Requiring arduous effort.
- 1929, The Listener, numbers 41-50, page 552:
  The circular iron platform over there is used in the task of tyring the wheels, a warm job, too, by the way.

Synonyms[edit]

Antonyms[edit]

(antonym(s) of "mild temperature"): Arctic, cold, cool, frozen
(antonym(s) of "caring"): Arctic, cold, cool, frozen

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

having a temperature slightly higher than usual

Albanian: i ngrohtë (sq)
Arabic: دَافِئ (dāfiʔ), دَفِيء (dafīʔ)
Armenian: ջերմ (hy) (ǰerm), տաք (hy) (takʻ)
Aromanian: caldu
Assamese: গৰম (gorom)
Avar: хинаб (xinab)
Azerbaijani: ilıq (az)
Bashkir: йылы (yılı)
Belarusian: цёплы (be) (cjóply)
Bengali: গরম (bn) (gorom)
Breton: tomm (br)
Bulgarian: то́пъл (bg) (tópǎl)
Burmese: ပူ (my) (pu), နွေး (my) (nwe:)
Buryat: дулаан (dulaan)
Catalan: calent (ca), càlid (ca)
Cebuano: alimuot, igang
Chechen: мела (mela)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 暖 (nyun⁵)

Mandarin: 暖和 (zh) (nuǎnhuó), 溫暖／温暖 (zh) (wēnnuǎn)
Chuvash: ӑшӑ (ăš̬ă)
Czech: teplý (cs)
Danish: varm (da), lun
Dutch: warm (nl)
Erzya: лембе (ľembe)
Esperanto: varma (eo)
Estonian: soe (et)
Even: ням (ņam)
Evenki: няма (ņama)
Finnish: lämmin (fi), lämpöinen (fi)
French: chaud (fr) m, chaude (fr) f
Friulian: cjalt, čhald
Galician: quente (gl) m, morno (gl)
Georgian: თბილი (ka) (tbili)
German: warm (de)
Greek: ζεστός (el) (zestós)
Ancient: θερμός (thermós)
Guaraní: aku (h-)
Haitian Creole: cho
Hebrew: חמים (he) m (khamím), חמימה f (khamimá)
Higaonon: madagadang
Hindi: गरम (hi) (garam), गर्म (hi) (garm)
Hungarian: meleg (hu)
Icelandic: hlýr (is)
Indonesian: hangat (id), panas (id)
Ingrian: lämmää, sooja
Ingush: мела (mela)
Interlingua: calide, calorose
Irish: te
Italian: caldo (it)
Iu Mien: siouv
Japanese: (weather) 暖かい (ja) (あたたかい, atatakai), (objects, feelings) 温かい (ja) (あたたかい, atatakai), ホカホカ (Hokahoka)
Javanese: anget (jv)
Jingpho: lum
Kalmyk: дулан (dulan)
Kashubian: cepły
Kazakh: жылы (jyly)
Khmer: ក្ដៅ (km) (kdaw)
Komi-Permyak: шоныд (šonyd)
Korean: 따뜻하다 (ko) (ttatteuthada)
Kott: fal, phal
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: گەرم (ckb) (germ)

Northern Kurdish: germ (ku)
Kyrgyz: жылуу (ky) (jıluu)
Lao: ອຸ່ນ (ʼun), ອົບອຸ່ນ (ʼop ʼun)
Latgalian: sylts
Latin: calidus (la), caleō, formus
Latvian: silts (lv)
Lithuanian: šiltas m, šilta f
Lombard: cald (lmo)
Luxembourgish: waarm (lb), wuarm
Macedonian: топол (topol)
Malay: hangat, suam, panas (ms)
Malayalam: ഊഷ്മള (ml) (ūṣmaḷa)
Manchu: ᠪᡠᠯᡠᡴᠠᠨ (bulukan)
Maori: mahana (mi), pūmahana, pūwerawera, pūwera, pūāhuru (of the weather), āhuru (in the sense of cost and friendly)
Mauritian Creole: so
Mizo: lum
Mòcheno: bòrm
Mongolian: дулаан (mn) (dulaan), дулаахан (dulaaxan)
Nanai: няма (njama)
Norman: caûd
Norn: øni
North Frisian: wārem (Sylt)
Northern Mansi: ^{(please verify)} ма̄лтып (māltyp), лоньсиӈ (lonʹsiň)
Northern Sami: liekkas
Norwegian: varm (no)
Odia: ଗରମ (gôrômô)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: топлъ (toplŭ)
Old English: wearm
Old Javanese: hangĕt, panas
Ossetian: хъарм (qarm)
Papiamentu: kayente
Persian: گرم (fa) (garm)
Polish: ciepły (pl)
Portuguese: morno (pt), quente (pt)
Quechua: q’uñi
Rapa Nui: hana
Rawang: lø̀m
Romani: tato
Romanian: cald (ro) m, caldă (ro) f
Romansch: chaud
Russian: тёплый (ru) (tjóplyj)
Samoan: mafanafana
Sanskrit: उष्ण (sa) (uṣṇa)
Sardinian:
Campidanese: buddiu, basca, callenti

Logudorese: caente, callente, buddiu, caldu
Sassarese: caldu
Scottish Gaelic: blàth
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: топао

Roman: topao (sh)
Sicilian: càudu (scn)
Slovak: teplý
Slovene: topel (sl)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: śopły

Upper Sorbian: ćopły
Spanish: caliente (es), cálido (es), caluroso (es) (weather)
Sundanese: warm
Swedish: varm (sv)
Tagalog: mainit
Tajik: гарм (tg) (garm)
Talysh:
Asalemi: گرم (garm)
Tatar: җылы (cılı)
Telugu: వెచ్చని (te) (veccani)
Ternate: sahu
Tetum: manas
Thai: อุ่น (th) (ùn)
Tidore: sahu
Tocharian B: tāpce, emalle
Tongan: māfana
Tupinambá: akub (s-)
Turkish: ılık (tr)
Turkmen: ýyly
Udmurt: шуныт (šunyt)
Ukrainian: те́плий (téplyj)
Urdu: گرم (garam, garm)
Uyghur: ئىلمان (ilman), ئىسسىق (issiq)
Uzbek: iliq (uz), issiq (uz)
Venetian: calt
Vietnamese: ấm (vi)
Võro: lämmi
Welsh: cynnes (cy)
West Frisian: waarm (fy)
White Hmong: kub, sov
Yiddish: וואַרעם (varem)
Zazaki: germ (diq)
Zealandic: waerm

being something that causes warmth

Armenian: ջերմ (hy) (ǰerm), տաք (hy) (takʻ)
Breton: tomm (br), klouar (br)
Catalan: calorós (ca), càlid (ca)
Czech: teplý (cs)
Danish: varm (da)
Dutch: warm (nl)
Finnish: lämmin (fi)
French: chaleureux (fr) m, chaleureuse (fr) f
Hebrew: חמים (he) m (khamím), חמימה f (khamimá)
Indonesian: hangat (id)
Interlingua: cordial
Irish: te
Italian: caldo (it), caloroso (it), cordiale (it)
Japanese: 暖かい (ja) (あたたかい, atatakai), 温かい (ja) (あたたかい, atatakai)
Latin: calidus (la), caleo (I am warm)
Latvian: silts (lv), silts (lv)
Luxembourgish: waarm (lb), wuarm
Polish: ciepły (pl)
Portuguese: morno (pt)
Rapa Nui: hana
Romanian: cald (ro) m, caldă (ro) f
Russian: тёплый (ru) (tjóplyj)
Sardinian:
Campidanese: buddiu, basca, callenti

Logudorese: caente, callente, buddiu, caldu
Sassarese: caldu
Scottish Gaelic: blàth
Serbo-Croatian: topao (sh)
Slovak: teplý
Telugu: వెచ్చని (te) (veccani)

caring, of relation to another person

Armenian: ջերմ (hy) (ǰerm)
Bulgarian: сърдечен (bg) (sǎrdečen)
Catalan: calorós (ca), cordial (ca)
Czech: vřelý (cs) m
Danish: varm (da)
Dutch: warm (nl)
Finnish: lämmin (fi)
French: cordial (fr) m, cordiale (fr) f
Georgian: თბილი (ka) (tbili)
German: warmherzig (de), fürsorglich (de)
Hebrew: חם (he) m (khám), חמה (he) f (khamá)
Italian: caloroso (it)
Japanese: 温かい (ja) (atatakai)
Khmer: កក់ក្ដៅ (kɑk kdav)
Latin: calidus (la)
Latvian: silts (lv)
Luxembourgish: waarm (lb), wuarm
Malayalam: ഊഷ്മളം (ūṣmaḷaṁ)
Mari:
Eastern Mari: шокшо (šokšo), шӱман (šüman)
Polish: ciepły (pl)
Portuguese: caloroso (pt), cordial (pt)
Romanian: apropiat (ro) m, apropiată f
Serbo-Croatian: topao (sh)
Slovak: vrelý (sk), vrúcny, srdečný
Telugu: సాదరంగా (sādaraṅgā), సాదరమైన (sādaramaina)

ardent, zealous

Bulgarian: страстен (bg) (strasten), разгорещен (bg) (razgorešten)
Catalan: ardent (ca)
Finnish: palava (fi)
French: enflammé (fr) m, enflammée (fr) f
Italian: ardente (it)
Polish: żarliwy (pl)
Serbo-Croatian: žarki (sh)
Slovak: horúci

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} varma (eo)
Ido: ^{(please verify)} varma (io)

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old English wierman.

Verb[edit]

warm (third-person singular simple present warms, present participle warming, simple past and past participle warmed)

(transitive) To make or keep warm.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 44 44-Chapter-15/# 15::
  Then shall it [an ash tree] be for a man to burn; for he will take thereof and warm himself.
- 1825, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Morituri Salutamus:
  enough to warm, but not enough to burn
(intransitive) To become warm, to heat up.
My socks are warming by the fire.

The earth soon warms on a clear summer day.
(transitive with to) (sometimes in the form warm up) To favour increasingly.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
  Mr. Campion appeared suitably impressed and she warmed to him. He was very easy to talk to with those long clown lines in his pale face, a natural goon, born rather too early she suspected.
He is warming to the idea.

Her classmates are gradually warming to her.
(ditransitive with to) To cause (someone) to favour (something) increasingly.
- 2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page xi:
  It is with no small degree of irony that I confess that immersing myself in an interdisciplinary project has warmed me to the seductions of disciplinary perspectives.
(intransitive) To become ardent or animated.
The speaker warms as he proceeds.
(transitive) To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal in; to enliven.
- 1717 November 20, Alexander Pope, letter to the Bishop of Rochester
  there was a collection of all that had been written […] : I warmed my head with them.
- 1827, [John Keble], The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holydays throughout the Year, volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] [B]y W. Baxter, for J. Parker; and C[harles] and J[ohn] Rivington, […], →OCLC:
  Bright hopes, that erst the bosom warmed.
(transitive) To give emotional warmth to a person.
- 1886, Joseph Augustus Seiss, Right Life: Or, Candid Talks On Vital Themes:
  That is just the way God tells me this book is His Word. I read it, and it warms me and gives me light.
(transitive, colloquial) To beat or spank.
- 1945, The Atlantic, volume 176, page 94:
  Not bothering to turn around and not missing a mouthful, Myrtle comforted her with threats of "I'll warm your bottom"; "I'll turn you over to your dad"; "I'll lock you in the truck"; "I'll send for the bogey man" — all of which Darleen ignored […]
(transitive, colloquial) To scold or abuse verbally.
(computing, transitive) To prepopulate (a cache) so that its contents are ready for other users.

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

to make or keep warm

Assamese: পুঁওৱা (pũüa)
Bulgarian: затоплям (bg) (zatopljam)
Czech: ohřát (cs), zahřát
Danish: varme, opvarme, holde (da) varm (da)
Dutch: opwarmen (nl), verwarmen (nl), warm houden
Finnish: lämmittää (fi), lämmitellä (fi)
French: chauffer (fr), échauffer (fr), réchauffer (fr)
Friulian: scjaldâ
Georgian: ათბობს (atbobs)
German: wärmen (de)
Greek:
Ancient: θάλπω (thálpō)
Hebrew: חימם (khimém)
Hungarian: melegít (hu)
Ingrian: lämmittää
Italian: riscaldare (it), scaldare (it)
Japanese: 暖める (ja) (atatameru), 温める (ja) (atatameru)
Jingpho: shalum
Latin: calefacio, calesco, foveō
Latvian: sildīt (lv)
Lithuanian: šildyti
Luxembourgish: wiermen
Maori: whakaahuru, whakamahana, whakamāhanahana, whakatāmahana (referring to food)
Mirandese: acalcer
Nepali: तताउनु (tatāunu)
Northern Sami: ligget, liekkadit
Norwegian:
Bokmål: varme (no)

Nynorsk: varme
Old French: eschaufer
Ossetian: тавын (tavyn)
Persian: تافتن (fa), فردمایدن (fa), گرم کردن (fa) (garm kardan)
Polish: ogrzewać (pl)
Portuguese: aquecer (pt), esquentar (pt)
Romanian: încălzi (ro)
Russian: греть (ru) (gretʹ)
Sanskrit: तपति (sa) (tapati)
Scottish Gaelic: gar
Serbo-Croatian: grijati (sh)
Slovak: ohriať, ohrievať
Slovene: greti, ogreti, segreti
Spanish: calentar (es)
Swedish: värma (sv)
Ukrainian: грі́ти (hríty), нагріва́ти (nahriváty), підігріва́ти (pidihriváty)
ǃXóõ: ǁqhàã (oneself)

to become warm, to heat up

Bulgarian: затоплям се (zatopljam se)
Hungarian: melegszik (hu)
Ingrian: lämmitä, lämmetä
Persian: فردمایدن (fa), گرم شدن (fa) (garm šodan)

to favour increasingly

Danish: blive interesseret i
Dutch: warmlopen (nl)
Finnish: lämmetä (fi)
Hebrew: נפתח (niftákh)
Hungarian: megnyílik (hu), oldódik (hu)
Italian: accostarsi a, affezionarsi a
Japanese: 温める (ja) (atatameru)
Persian: مهربان شدن (mehrabân šodan)
Slovak: zvykať si

Noun[edit]

warm (plural warms)

(colloquial) The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a heating.
Shall I give your coffee a warm in the microwave?
- 1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the page number)”, in A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC:
  Sit ye down before the fire , my dear , and have a warm

Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch warm, from Middle Dutch warm, from Old Dutch warm, from Proto-Germanic *warmaz.

Pronunciation[edit]

Audio (file)

Adjective[edit]

warm (attributive warmer, comparative warmste, superlative warmste)

warm
- 2016, “Dinge Raak Warm”, in Sal Jy Met My Dans?‎^[1], performed by Kurt Darren, South Africa:
  Dinge raak warm.
  Things are getting warm.

Alemannic German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

woare, woarm, wore, wérme

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German warm, from Old High German warm. Cognate with German warm, Dutch warm, English warm, Icelandic varmur.

Adjective[edit]

warm

(Formazza) warm

References[edit]

Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Chinese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English warm.

Pronunciation[edit]

Cantonese (Jyutping): wom¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wom¹
  - Yale: colloquial sounds not defined
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wom¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: colloquial sounds not defined
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːm⁵⁵/

Adjective[edit]

warm

(Hong Kong Cantonese, of person, environment, family) warm (caring and loving)

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch warm, from Old Dutch warm, from Proto-West Germanic *warm, from Proto-Germanic *warmaz, of uncertain origin; derivations from either Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”) or *wer- (“to burn”) have been proposed.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ʋɑr(ə)m/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: warm
Rhymes: -ɑrm
Homophone: Warm

Adjective[edit]

warm (comparative warmer, superlative warmst)

warm, hot
Antonym: koud
(meteorology, officially) 20 °C or more

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of warm
uninflected	warm
inflected	warme
comparative	warmer
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		warm	warmer	het warmst het warmste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	warme	warmere	warmste
	n. sing.	warm	warmer	warmste
	plural	warme	warmere	warmste
definite		warme	warmere	warmste
partitive		warms	warmers	—

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Afrikaans: warm
Berbice Creole Dutch: warum
Negerhollands: warm, werm

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German and Old High German warm.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /varm/, [vaʁm], [vaɐ̯m], [vaːm], [ʋ-]
audio (Germany) (file)
audio (Austria) (file)

Adjective[edit]

warm (strong nominative masculine singular warmer, comparative wärmer, superlative am wärmsten)

warm; mildly hot
Antonyms: kalt, kühl
(of clothes) warm; keeping the wearer warm
(of rental prices, chiefly adverbial or in compounds) including heating costs, water, and fees (electricity may or may not be included)
Ich zahle 800 € warm für meine Wohnung.
I pay €800 for my apartment, including utilities.
(dated, except in warmer Bruder) gay, homosexual (mostly male)
Synonym: schwul

Usage notes[edit]

German warm means “warm”, but not “feeling warm”; therefore the phrase ich bin warm (literally “I am warm”) would mean that one’s body has a high temperature, particularly that one’s skin is warm on the outside. The English “I am warm” (that is: I feel warm) is equivalent to German mir ist warm (literally “to me it's warm”).
Although warm (“gay”) is not in general use, this sense is current enough to make it advisable not to describe the relation between two men as warm (unless the implication is intended).

Declension[edit]

Positive forms of warm

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
predicative		er ist warm	sie ist warm	es ist warm	sie sind warm
strong declension (without article)	nominative	warmer	warme	warmes	warme
	genitive	warmen	warmer	warmen	warmer
	dative	warmem	warmer	warmem	warmen
	accusative	warmen	warme	warmes	warme
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der warme	die warme	das warme	die warmen
	genitive	des warmen	der warmen	des warmen	der warmen
	dative	dem warmen	der warmen	dem warmen	den warmen
	accusative	den warmen	die warme	das warme	die warmen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein warmer	eine warme	ein warmes	(keine) warmen
	genitive	eines warmen	einer warmen	eines warmen	(keiner) warmen
	dative	einem warmen	einer warmen	einem warmen	(keinen) warmen
	accusative	einen warmen	eine warme	ein warmes	(keine) warmen

Comparative forms of warm

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
predicative		er ist wärmer	sie ist wärmer	es ist wärmer	sie sind wärmer
strong declension (without article)	nominative	wärmerer	wärmere	wärmeres	wärmere
	genitive	wärmeren	wärmerer	wärmeren	wärmerer
	dative	wärmerem	wärmerer	wärmerem	wärmeren
	accusative	wärmeren	wärmere	wärmeres	wärmere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der wärmere	die wärmere	das wärmere	die wärmeren
	genitive	des wärmeren	der wärmeren	des wärmeren	der wärmeren
	dative	dem wärmeren	der wärmeren	dem wärmeren	den wärmeren
	accusative	den wärmeren	die wärmere	das wärmere	die wärmeren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein wärmerer	eine wärmere	ein wärmeres	(keine) wärmeren
	genitive	eines wärmeren	einer wärmeren	eines wärmeren	(keiner) wärmeren
	dative	einem wärmeren	einer wärmeren	einem wärmeren	(keinen) wärmeren
	accusative	einen wärmeren	eine wärmere	ein wärmeres	(keine) wärmeren

Superlative forms of warm

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
predicative		er ist am wärmsten	sie ist am wärmsten	es ist am wärmsten	sie sind am wärmsten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	wärmster	wärmste	wärmstes	wärmste
	genitive	wärmsten	wärmster	wärmsten	wärmster
	dative	wärmstem	wärmster	wärmstem	wärmsten
	accusative	wärmsten	wärmste	wärmstes	wärmste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der wärmste	die wärmste	das wärmste	die wärmsten
	genitive	des wärmsten	der wärmsten	des wärmsten	der wärmsten
	dative	dem wärmsten	der wärmsten	dem wärmsten	den wärmsten
	accusative	den wärmsten	die wärmste	das wärmste	die wärmsten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein wärmster	eine wärmste	ein wärmstes	(keine) wärmsten
	genitive	eines wärmsten	einer wärmsten	eines wärmsten	(keiner) wärmsten
	dative	einem wärmsten	einer wärmsten	einem wärmsten	(keinen) wärmsten
	accusative	einen wärmsten	eine wärmste	ein wärmstes	(keine) wärmsten

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Middle Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Dutch warm, from Proto-West Germanic *warm.

Adjective[edit]

warm

warm, hot
warm, keeping the wearer warm (of clothes)
warm (of emotions)

Inflection[edit]

Adjective
		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative	Indefinite	warm	warme	warm	warme
Nominative	Definite	warme	warme	warme	warme
Accusative	Indefinite	warmen	warme	warm	warme
Accusative	Definite	warmen	warme	warme	warme
Genitive		warms	warmer	warms	warmer
Dative		warmen	warmer	warmen	warmen

Alternative forms[edit]

wāerm
werm

Descendants[edit]

Dutch: warm
- Afrikaans: warm
Limburgish: werm
West Flemish: werm

Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

warme, werm, wearm

Etymology[edit]

From Old English wearm.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /warm/, /wɛrm/

Adjective[edit]

warm (plural and weak singular warme, comparative warmer, superlative warmest)

(temperature) warm, mildly hot
(weather) warm, pleasant, mild
heated, warmed
(locations or garments) having a tendency to be warm; designed to stay warm
Being at a healthy temperature
enthusiastic, vigourous

Descendants[edit]

Scots: wairm
English: warm

References[edit]

“warm, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-26.

Noun[edit]

warm

warmness, heat

References[edit]

“warm, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-26.

Old High German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *warm.

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warm

warm

Derived terms[edit]

warmī

Descendants[edit]

Middle High German: warm
- Alemannic German: warm
  - Italian Walser: warm, woare, woarm, wore, wérme
- Bavarian: borm
  - Cimbrian: barm
  - Mòcheno: bòrm
  - Udinese: borm, borbm, boarm
  - Viennese: wårm
- Central Franconian: wärm, warm
  - Hunsrik: waarem
- German: warm
- Luxembourgish: waarm
- Yiddish: וואַרעם (varem)

Old Saxon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *warm (“warm”).

Adjective[edit]

warm (comparative warmoro, superlative warmost)

warm

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Positive forms of warm

Strong declension
gender	masculine		feminine		neuter
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	warm	warme, warma	warm	warma	warm	warm, warma
accusative	warman, warmen	warma, warme	warma	warma	warm	warm, warma
genitive	warmes, warmas	warmaro, warmoro, warmero	warmara, warmaro	warmaro, warmoro, warmero	warmes, warmas	warmaro, warmoro, warmero
dative	warmumu, warmum, warmun, warmun, warmon, warmen, warman	warmun, warmon, warmum	warmaro, warmaru, warmara	warmun, warmon	warmumu, warmum, warmun, warmun, warmon, warmen, warman	warmun, warmon, warmum
Weak declension
gender	masculine		feminine		neuter
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	warmo, warma	warmon, warmun	warma, warme	warmon, warmun, warman	warma, warme	warmon, warmun
accusative	warmon, warman	warmon, warmun	warmun, warmon, warman	warmon, warmun, warman	warma, warme	warmon, warmun
genitive	warmen, warman	warmono, warmeno	warmun, warman, warmen	warmono	warmen, warman	warmono, warmeno
dative	warmon, warmen, warman	warmon, warmun	warmun, warman	warmon, warmun	warmon, warmen, warman	warmon, warmun

Comparative forms of warm (weak only)

Weak declension
gender	masculine		feminine		neuter
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	warmoro, warmora	warmoron, warmorun	warmora, warmore	warmoron, warmorun, warmoran	warmora, warmore	warmoron, warmorun
accusative	warmoron, warmoran	warmoron, warmorun	warmorun, warmoron, warmoran	warmoron, warmorun, warmoran	warmora, warmore	warmoron, warmorun
genitive	warmoren, warmoran	warmorono, warmoreno	warmorun, warmoran, warmoren	warmorono	warmoren, warmoran	warmorono, warmoreno
dative	warmoron, warmoren, warmoran	warmoron, warmorun	warmorun, warmoran	warmoron, warmorun	warmoron, warmoren, warmoran	warmoron, warmorun

Superlative forms of warm

Strong declension
gender	masculine		feminine		neuter
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	warmost	warmoste, warmosta	warmost	warmosta	warmost	warmost, warmosta
accusative	warmostan, warmosten	warmosta, warmoste	warmosta	warmosta	warmost	warmost, warmosta
genitive	warmostes, warmostas	warmostaro, warmostoro, warmostero	warmostara, warmostaro	warmostaro, warmostoro, warmostero	warmostes, warmostas	warmostaro, warmostoro, warmostero
dative	warmostumu, warmostum, warmostun, warmostun, warmoston, warmosten, warmostan	warmostun, warmoston, warmostum	warmostaro, warmostaru, warmostara	warmostun, warmoston	warmostumu, warmostum, warmostun, warmostun, warmoston, warmosten, warmostan	warmostun, warmoston, warmostum
Weak declension
gender	masculine		feminine		neuter
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	warmosto, warmosta	warmoston, warmostun	warmosta, warmoste	warmoston, warmostun, warmostan	warmosta, warmoste	warmoston, warmostun
accusative	warmoston, warmostan	warmoston, warmostun	warmostun, warmoston, warmostan	warmoston, warmostun, warmostan	warmosta, warmoste	warmoston, warmostun
genitive	warmosten, warmostan	warmostono, warmosteno	warmostun, warmostan, warmosten	warmostono	warmosten, warmostan	warmostono, warmosteno
dative	warmoston, warmosten, warmostan	warmoston, warmostun	warmostun, warmostan	warmoston, warmostun	warmoston, warmosten, warmostan	warmoston, warmostun

Descendants[edit]

Middle Low German: warm
- Low German: warm
- German Low German: warm

warm

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