sværm

See also: sverm, svarm, and svärm

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse svarmr (“swarm”), from Proto-Germanic *swarmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to buzz, hum”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /svɛrm/, [svæɐ̯ˀm]

Noun

sværm c (singular definite sværmen, plural indefinite sværme)

  1. swarm (large number of insects)
  2. crowd, swarm (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)

Inflection

Declension of sværm
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sværm sværmen sværme sværmene
genitive sværms sværmens sværmes sværmenes
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