galm

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch galmen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /χalm/

Verb

galm (present galm, present participle galmende, past participle gegalm)

  1. (intransitive) to echo, to reverbate

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣɑlm/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: galm
  • Rhymes: -ɑlm

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch galm.

Noun

galm m (plural galmen, diminutive galmpje n)

  1. echo, reverberation
  2. backtalk
    (Brabantian, spoken) En uwe galm kunt ge voor u eigen houden! - Keep your backtalk to yourself!
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

galm

  1. inflection of galmen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *galmaz, whence also Old High German galm, modern Dutch galm. Also related to galan and galpon, Old English giellan and galdor, modern Dutch gillen.

Noun

galm m

  1. echo, noise, voice

Declension


Descendants

  • Dutch Low Saxon: galm, naogalm
  • German Low German: Galm

West Frisian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡalm/
  • (Terschelling) IPA(key): /ɡɔlm/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Frisian *galm, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *galmaz.

Noun

galm c (plural galmen)

  1. reverberation, echo

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Frisian *gelm, from Proto-West Germanic *galmi; Old Frisian /el/ regularly becomes /al/ in Schiermonnikoog.[1]

Noun

galm m

  1. (Schiermonnikoog) armful, bundle

References

  1. Rolf Brenner (1988 December) “The Old Frisian component in Holthausen's Altenglisches etymologisches Worterbuch”, in Anglo-Saxon England, volume 17, →DOI, pages 5-13

Further reading

  • galm”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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