om

Alternative forms

• aum

Etymology

From Sanskrit ओं (oṃ) or Sanskrit औं or ॐ (auṃ). The former is used in both Buddhist and Hindu settings, while the latter is exclusively Hindu.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɒm/, /əʊm/

Noun

om (plural oms)

1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) A sacred, mystical syllable used in prayer and meditation.
   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 800:

     In fact it sounded exactly like the voice of Livia, her vanished sister, and, like her, it was intoning the Aum just as she used once to do at the beginning of her yoga sessions.

   • 2001, Hazel Curry, The Guardian, 20 Oct 2001:

     Om is pronounced "a-a-o-o-u-u-m-m" and is repeated slowly for as long as possible.

Anagrams

• -mo, MO, Mo, m.o., m/o, mo, mo'

Etymology

From Latin homō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [om]

Noun

om m (plural oaminj)

1. man, person

Etymology

From Latin ulmus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈom/

Noun

om m (plural oms)

1. elm

Adjective

om

1. on

Determiner

om

1. Alternative spelling of omw (“your”)

Related terms

Etymology

From Old Norse um, from Proto-Germanic *umbi.

Adverb

om

1. such that something changes orientation or has its orientation changed
2. such that something moves or is moved to the far side of something
   • 2015, Karsten H Petersen, To mus på tur: en julekalender og en påskekalender, BoD – Books on Demand →ISBN

     De skal om på den mørke side af kirken.

     They are going to the dark side of the church.

3. such that something is surrounded
   • 2016, Ole Henrik Laub, Hovedrollen, Lindhardt og Ringhof →ISBN

     Vred kluden op, vaskede fingeren, viklede papir om og begyndte igen at skrælle kartofler.

     Wringed the rag, washed the finger, wrapped paper around [it] and resumed peeling potatoes.

4. in changing, goalless directions
   • 2017, Hjalmar Söderberg (Translated by Jørgen Årup Hansen), Doktor Glas, Gyldendal A/S →ISBN, page 28

     ... hvor længe skal jeg flakke om i denne gådernes og drømmenes og de uransagelige fænomeners verden?

     ... for how long must I wander about in this world of the riddles, the dreams and the inscrutable phenomena?

5. again, returning to the beginning (whence ommer, om igen, tro om igen)
   • 2014, Dennis Jürgensen, Måske, Tellerup A/S →ISBN

     „Nej. Hvis du tror jeg vil se passivt til, mens du ødelægger din mands og dit eget liv med dette martyrium, så må du tro om ...“

     "No. If you think I intend to look on passively while you destroy your husband's and your own life with this martyrium, you will have to think again ..."

   • 2016, Terje Nordberg, Det må godt føles rart, Lindhardt og Ringhof →ISBN

     Jo, jeg har da haft mine nu'er, men hvis jeg skulle gøre det hele om, ville jeg sørge for at have mange flere af dem.

     Sure, I have had my nows, but if I had to do it all again, I would make sure to have many more of them.

   • 2017, Morten Sabroe, Love Me Do, Politikens Forlag →ISBN

     Han skrev den om tre gange.

     He rewrote it three times.

6. such that something is changed (whence lave om
   • 2017, Sacha Batthyany (Translated by Uffe Gardel), Og hvad har det med mig at gøre, Art People →ISBN

     Men verdenskrisen i 1929 lukkede fabrikken, og indenrigsministeriet overtog den og byggede den om til et fængsel.

     But the world crisis in 1929 closed down the factory, and the ministry of internal affairs took it and rebuilt it into a prison.

7. going forwards in a book or similar, reaching some page
   • 2014, Lene Dybdahl, Nøglens Vogtere #2: Visigotens Hjelm, Tellerup A/S →ISBN

     Consuela bladrede langsomt om på indholdsfortegnelsen.

     Slowly, Consuela turned the pages till she reached the table of contents.

8. such that something rotates or revolves (either of its own accord or by external influence)

   Ligesom solen drejer om jorden, således drejer universet om dig.

   Just as the sun revolves about the earth, so does the universe revolve about you.

Conjunction

om

1. whether

   Jeg skulle spørge om du havde fem minutter?

   I have been asked to ask [you] if you have five minutes?

2. if

   Fjern om nødvendigt jorden.

   If necessary, remove the dirt.

   Om du bare ville lytte, skal jeg forklare alt.

   If only you would listen, I shall explain everything.

3. if (conceding)

   Hun var om ikke død, så i hvert fald stærkt såret.

   She was, if not dead, then at least seriously wounded.

4. even if
   • 2013, Gyldendal, Breve hjem: Danske soldater i Første Verdenskrig, Gyldendal A/S →ISBN

     ... men du, jeg vil have den; før holder jeg ikke op, om så jeg skal med i en krig til.

     ... but hey, I want [a medal]; I shall not stop before [getting it], even if I shall have to go to another war.

5. introduces a desire

Preposition

om

1. about

   Han viklede dem om sin lillefinger.

   He wrapped them around his pinky finger.

References

• “om” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ombe, omme, from Old Dutch umbi, umbe, from Proto-Germanic *umbi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔm/

• Audio

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Preposition

om

1. around, about
2. at (a time)

Adverb

om

1. around, about
2. around, over (to another state)

   Hij zette de schakelaar om.

   He turned the switch over.

3. over, from an upright to a horizontal position (as in "fall over")

Conjunction

om

1. (om te) in order to; shortening of om te

   Ik ga naar de winkel om boodschappen te kopen

   I am going to the shop to buy some groceries.

   .

Adjective

om (used only predicatively, not comparable)

1. convinced, persuaded

   De rechter is om.

   The judge has been persuaded.

   (literally, “The judge is over.”)

Alternative forms

• omp

Etymology

From Latin homō.

Noun

om m (plural oms) or umign

1. man, person
2. husband

Noun

om

1. uncle (The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent)
2. uncle (form of address to a man by young people or children)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /om/

Preposition

om

1. Alternative form of omme

Adverb

om

1. Alternative form of omme

Etymology

From Old Norse um, from Proto-Germanic *umbi (“around, about”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔm/

Preposition

om

1. around

   Bind et rep om halsen hans! (Tie a rope around his neck!)

2. (when speaking of time) in (after a period of time)

   Jeg kommer om ti minutter. (I shall be there in ten minutes)

3. about

   Vi snakket nettopp om deg. (We were just talking about you)

4. during, in (with words for seasons or times of the day)

   om våren

   during the spring, in the springtime

   om kvelden

   in the evening

Conjunction

om

1. whether

   De spurte om jeg ville komme. (They asked whether I would come.)

See also

• om-

References

• “om” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Old Norse um, from Proto-Germanic *umbi (“around, about”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊm/ (example of pronunciation)

Preposition

om

1. around

   Bind eit reip om halsen på han!

   Tie a rope around his neck!

2. in (when speaking of time) (after a period of time)

   Eg kjem om ti minutt.

   I shall be there in ten minutes

3. in, in (with words for seasons or times of the day)

   om våren

   in the spring, in the springtime

   om kvelden

   in the evening

4. about

   Me snakka nettopp om deg.

   We were just talking about you

5. via

   Me køyrde til Bergen om Hardanger

   We drove to Bergen via Hardanger

See also

• om-

References

• “om” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /õm/

Noun

om m

1. Alternative form of hom

Alternative forms

• ome
• omne

Etymology

From Latin homō.

Noun

om m (oblique plural oms, nominative singular oms, nominative plural om)

1. man (male adult human being)

Alternative forms

• ohm

Etymology

Named after the German physicist Georg Ohm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔm/

Noun

om m inan

1. ohm

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [om]

Etymology 1

From Latin homō, from earlier hemō, from Proto-Italic *hemō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ (“earthling”). Compare Aromanian om, Catalan home, Esperanto homo, French homme, Interlingua homine, Italian uomo, Portuguese homem, Sardinian ómine, Spanish hombre.

Etymology 2

Auxiliary verb form

Further reading

• om in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language), 2004-2018

Etymology

From Old Norse um, from Proto-Germanic *umbi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔm/

• audio

  (file)

Conjunction

om

1. if

Preposition

om

1. about

   en bok om tåg

   a book about trains

   Vad pratar de om?

   What are they talking about?

2. in, within (when talking about time)

   om tio minuter

   in ten minutes

3. around

   Han har ett rep om sin hals

   He's got a rope around his neck

   De flyttade om möblerna

   They moved the furniture around

   Kocken rörde om i grytan

   The chef stirred (moved around) the pan

4. during, in (with words for seasons or times of the day)

   om våren

   during the spring, in the springtime

   om kvällarna

   in the evenings

5. a (only when speaking about daily or yearly frequencies)

   Han röker fem cigaretter om dagen

   He smokes five cigarettes a day

   De reser till Finland två gånger om året

   They go to Finland twice a year

6. of

   till vänster om kylskåpet

   to the left of the refrigerator

   norr om staden

   north of the city

   Ta hand om det!

   Take care of it!

Particle

om

1. specifies that a verb is done again, compare English "re-".

   Hon målade om huset.

   She repainted the house.

   Sara blev tvungen att göra om läxorna.

   Sara had to do her homework again.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɔm˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɔm˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɔm˧˧]

Noun

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Verb

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Pronoun

om (plural oms)

1. he (third-person masculine)
2. (obsolete) it (third-person neuter)