om-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "om"

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse um (“about, concerning”).

Prefix

om-

1. re-, over

   ‎om- + ‎male (“paint”) → ‎ommale (“repaint”)

   ‎om- + ‎klassificere (“classify”) → ‎omklassificere (“reclassify”)

   ‎om- + ‎bestemme (sig) (“decide”) → ‎ombestemme (sig) (“change one's mind”)

2. around

Synonyms

• (re-): gen-, re-

Derived terms

Danish terms prefixed with om-

Dutch

Etymology

See om

Pronunciation

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Prefix

om-

1. Denotes that the action encloses or surrounds the object.

   Het kind omklemde haar moeder.

   The child clamped herself around her mother.

Dutch terms prefixed with om-

Northern Ndebele

Etymology 1

Prefix

om-

1. Second-person singular adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

Etymology 2

Prefix

om-

1. Class 1 adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

Etymology 3

Prefix

om-

1. Class 3 adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

See om

Prefix

om-

1. around
2. re-

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with om-

References

• “om-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

See om

Prefix

om-

1. around
2. re-

References

Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with om-

Southern Ndebele

Etymology 1

Prefix

om-

1. Second-person singular adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

Etymology 2

Prefix

om-

1. Class 1 adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

Etymology 3

Prefix

om-

1. Class 3 adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

Swedish

Etymology

From om.

Prefix

om-

1. around, about

   Synonym: kring-

   ‎om- + ‎ring (“ring”) → ‎omringa (“surround”)

   ‎om- + ‎slingra (“slither”) → ‎omslingra (“entwine”)

   ‎om- + ‎skära (“cut”) → ‎omskära (“circumcise (of which it is a calque)”)

2. about

   ‎om- + ‎tala (“speak”) → ‎omtalad (“talked about”)

3. re-, again, over

   Synonyms: (less common) gen-, re-

   ‎om- + ‎klassificera (“classify”) → ‎omklassificera (“reclassify”)

References

• om in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• om in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• om in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Xhosa

Etymology 1

Prefix

om-

1. Second-person singular adjective concord.

Etymology 2

Prefix

om-

1. Class 1 adjective concord.

Etymology 3

Prefix

om-

1. Class 3 adjective concord.

Zulu

Etymology 1

Prefix

ṓḿ-

1. Second-person singular adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

Etymology 2

Prefix

ṓḿ-

1. Class 1 adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

Etymology 3

Prefix

ṓḿ-

1. Class 3 adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “om-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “om-”