flom

See also: Flom

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse flom, from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz (“flood”).

Noun

flom c (definite singular flommen, indefinite plural flomme, definite plural flommene)

1. flood

Derived terms

• flomme
• ordflom
• vårflom

 

References

• “flom” in Den Danske Ordbog

Middle English

Noun

flom

1. Alternative form of flum

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse flaumr. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk flaum. Spelling Flom is attested by Jacob Nicolai Wilse in 1780 in his dictionary of Spydeberg dialect.

Noun

flom m (definite singular flommen, indefinite plural flommer, definite plural flommene)

1. a flood

Derived terms

• flombelyse
• flomlys
• flomme
• flomslette
• styrtflom

 

Etymology 2

Verb

flom

1. imperative of flomme

References

• “flom” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

flom m (definite singular flommen, indefinite plural flommar, definite plural flommane)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of flaum

Volapük

Noun

flom (nominative plural floms)

1. forehead

Declension

declension of flom

	singular	plural
nominative	flom	floms
genitive	floma	flomas
dative	flome	flomes
accusative	flomi	flomis
vocative 1	o flom!	o floms!
predicative 2	flomu	flomus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only