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om

Pronunciation: /ɔm/

“om” is a Norwegian Bokmål word. Its 5 meanings in English:

preposition

  1. around
  2. in (after a period of time)
  3. about
  4. during, in (with words for seasons or times of the day)

conjunction

  1. whether

Etymology

From Old Norse um, from Proto-Germanic *umbi (“around, about”). See cognates Dutch om and German um. As a conjunction, um superseded or blended with Old Norse ef and em, taking on their function as well. This is from Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”), whence also English if and German ob.

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