varm

varm

1. plural of varbe

From Old Danish warm, from Old Norse varmr, from Proto-Germanic *warmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”) or alternatively *wer- (“to burn”).

varm

1. warm, hot

From Old Norse varmr, from Proto-Germanic *warmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”) or alternatively *wer- (“to burn”).

varm (neuter singular varmt, definite singular and plural varme, comparative varmere, indefinite superlative varmest, definite superlative varmeste)

1. warm, hot

• varmluft
• varmmat
• varmtvann
• vekselvarm

varm

1. imperative of varme

• “varm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse varmr. Akin to English warm.

• IPA^(key): /ʋɑrm/

varm (neuter singular varmt, definite singular and plural varme, comparative varmare, indefinite superlative varmast, definite superlative varmaste)

1. hot, warm

• varmluft
• vekselvarm

varm

1. imperative of varme

• “varm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Swedish varmber, from Old Norse varmr, from Proto-Germanic *warmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”) or alternatively *wer- (“to burn”).

• IPA^(key): /varm/

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• Rhymes: -arm

varm (comparative varmare, superlative varmast)

1. warm, (sometimes, idiomatically) hot
   1. (idiomatic) hot (of food)

      Maten serveras varm

      The food is served hot

   2. (idiomatic) hot (of weather)
2. warm, caring

   ett varmt mottagande

   a warm reception

• Hot (as opposed to (too) cold) food is idiomatically varm (“warm”) rather than het (“hot”) in Swedish. Calling food het (“hot”) implies that it is very hot (perhaps too hot).
• Similarly, hot weather is usually "varmt väder", with "hett väder" implying extremely hot weather.

• värma
• värme

• het (“hot”)

• varm in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• varm in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• varm in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)