varm
Cimbrian[edit]
Noun[edit]
varm
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Danish warm, from Old Norse varmr, from Proto-Germanic *warmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”) or alternatively *wer- (“to burn”).
Adjective[edit]
varm
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of varm | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | varm | varmere | varmest2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | varmt | varmere | varmest2 |
Plural | varme | varmere | varmest2 |
Definite attributive1 | varme | varmere | varmeste |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse varmr, from Proto-Germanic *warmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”) or alternatively *wer- (“to burn”).
Adjective[edit]
varm (neuter singular varmt, definite singular and plural varme, comparative varmere, indefinite superlative varmest, definite superlative varmeste)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
varm
- imperative of varme
References[edit]
- “varm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse varmr. Akin to English warm.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
varm (neuter singular varmt, definite singular and plural varme, comparative varmare, indefinite superlative varmast, definite superlative varmaste)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
varm
- imperative of varme
References[edit]
- “varm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Swedish varmber, from Old Norse varmr, from Proto-Germanic *warmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”) or alternatively *wer- (“to burn”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
varm (comparative varmare, superlative varmast)
Usage notes[edit]
- Hot (as opposed to (too) cold) food is idiomatically varm (“warm”) rather than het (“hot”) in Swedish. Calling food het (“hot”) implies that it is very hot (perhaps too hot).
- Similarly, hot weather is usually "varmt väder", with "hett väder" implying extremely hot weather.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of varm | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | varm | varmare | varmast |
Neuter singular | varmt | varmare | varmast |
Plural | varma | varmare | varmast |
Masculine plural3 | varme | varmare | varmast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | varme | varmare | varmaste |
All | varma | varmare | varmaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Derived terms[edit]
- få sina fiskar varma
- smida medan järnet är varmt (“strike while the iron is hot”)
- varm i kläderna
- varmkorv (“hot dog”)
- varmluft
- varmmat
- varmvatten
- växelvarm
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- het (“hot”)
References[edit]
- Cimbrian non-lemma forms
- Cimbrian noun forms
- Danish terms derived from Old Danish
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Danish lemmas
- Danish adjectives
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål adjectives
- Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Bokmål verb forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk adjectives
- Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk verb forms
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Swedish/arm
- Rhymes:Swedish/arm/1 syllable
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish adjectives
- Swedish idioms
- Swedish terms with usage examples