drøm
See also: drom and dröm
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈd̥ʁɶmˀ]
Etymology 1
From Old Norse draumr, from Proto-Germanic *draumaz (“dream”), cognate with English dream, German Traum. The Germanic noun is derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (“to deceive, injure”), hence Sanskrit द्रुह्यति (druhyati, “to hurt”) and also, via Low German, Danish bedrage (“to deceive”).
Noun
drøm c (singular definite drømmen, plural indefinite drømme)
- dream
Inflection
Declension of drøm
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | drøm | drømmen | drømme | drømmene |
| genitive | drøms | drømmens | drømmes | drømmenes |
See also
drøm on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
drøm
- imperative of drømme
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /drøm/, [dɾœm], [dʁœm]
Etymology 1
From Danish drøm.
Noun
drøm m (definite singular drømmen, indefinite plural drømmer, definite plural drømmene)
- a dream
Derived terms
- dagdrøm
Related terms
- drømme (verb)
- drømme- (prefix)
Verb
drøm
- imperative of drømme
See also
- draum (Nynorsk)
References
- “drøm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “drøm” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
drøm m (definite singular drømmen, indefinite plural drømmar, definite plural drømmane)
- (pre-2012) alternative form of draum
- (pre-1938) alternative form of draum