galm

From Dutch galmen.

• IPA^(key): /χalm/

galm (present galm, present participle galmende, past participle gegalm)

1. (intransitive) to echo, to reverbate

• IPA^(key): /ɣɑlm/

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• Hyphenation: galm
• Rhymes: -ɑlm

From Middle Dutch galm.

galm m (plural galmen, diminutive galmpje n)

1. echo, reverberation
2. backtalk

   (Brabantian, spoken) En uwe galm kunt ge voor u eigen houden! - Keep your backtalk to yourself!

• galmen
• nagalm

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

galm

1. inflection of galmen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

From Proto-West Germanic *galm, from Proto-Germanic *galmaz, whence also Old High German galm, modern Dutch galm. Also related to Old Saxon galan and Old Saxon galpōn, Old English ġiellan and Old English galdor, modern Dutch gillen.

galm m

1. echo, noise, voice

• Dutch Low Saxon: galm
  • ⇒ Dutch Low Saxon: naogalm
• German Low German: Galm

• IPA^(key): /ɡalm/
• (Terschelling) IPA^(key): /ɡɔlm/

Inherited from Old Frisian *galm, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *galmaz.

galm c (plural galmen)

1. reverberation, echo

Inherited from Old Frisian *gelm, from Proto-West Germanic *galmi; Old Frisian /el/ regularly becomes /al/ in Schiermonnikoog.^[1]

galm m

1. (Schiermonnikoog) armful, bundle

• “galm”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011