galm

Dutch

Pronunciation
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  • Rhymes: -ɑlm

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!

Verb

galm

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

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
Declension of galm (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative galm galmos
accusative galm galmos
genitive galmes galmō
dative galme galmum
instrumental — —


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