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)
Declension

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)
Declension
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