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om

Pronunciation: /ɔm/

“om” is a Swedish word. Its 7 meanings in English:

conjunction

  1. whether introduces an indirect question

preposition

  1. about
  2. in, within (when talking about time)
  3. around
  4. during, in (with words for seasons or times of the day)
  5. a (only when speaking about frequencies); per

particle

  1. Specifies that a verb is done again; compare English re-.

Etymology

From Old Norse um, from Proto-Germanic *umbi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi. * As a conjunction, um superseded or blended with Old Norse ef and em, taking on their function as well.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. Doublet of jäv, direct descendant of ef (see that for more)

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