galm

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch galmen.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) to echo, to reverbate

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch galm.

Noun

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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
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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galm

  1. inflection of galmen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Old Saxon

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Etymology

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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

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galm m

  1. echo, noise, voice

Declension

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Descendants

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

West Frisian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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galm c (plural galmen)

  1. reverberation, echo

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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galm m

  1. (Schiermonnikoog) armful, bundle

References

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

Further reading

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