Ohm

See also: ohm

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oːm/

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German ōm, contracted from *ōhem. Cognate of Middle High German ōheim, whence Oheim.

Noun

Ohm m (genitive Ohms, plural Ohme or Ohms)

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of Oheim (“uncle”)
Declension

Etymology 2

From the noun (etymology 1).

Proper noun

Ohm ? (genitive Ohms)

  1. a surname

Etymology 3

From the physicist Georg Ohm.

Noun

Ohm n (genitive Ohms, plural Ohm)

  1. ohm (unit of electrical resistance)
Declension
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