øm

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse aumr, cognate with Norwegian øm, Swedish öm.

Pronunciation

Adjective

øm (neuter ømt, plural and definite singular attributive ømme)

  1. tender
  2. aching

Inflection

Inflection of øm
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular øm ømmere ømmest2
indefinite neuter singular ømt ømmere ømmest2
plural ømme ømmere ømmest2
definite attributive1 ømme ømmere ømmeste

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.

References

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