drøm

See also: drom, and dröm

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrœm/, [ˈd̥ʁɶmˀ], [ˈtʁɶm̰]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse draumr, from Proto-Germanic *draumaz (“dream”), cognate with English dream, German Traum. The Germanic noun is derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (“to deceive, injure”), hence Sanskrit द्रुह्यति (druhyati, “to hurt”) and also, via Low German, Danish bedrage (“to deceive”).

Noun

drøm c (singular definite drømmen, plural indefinite drømme)

1. dream

Declension

Declension of drøm

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	drøm	drømmen	drømme	drømmene
genitive	drøms	drømmens	drømmes	drømmenes

See also

• drøm on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

drøm

1. imperative of drømme

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drøm/, [dɾœm], [dʁœm]

Etymology 1

From Danish drøm.

Noun

drøm m (definite singular drømmen, indefinite plural drømmer, definite plural drømmene)

1. a dream

Derived terms

• dagdrøm

Related terms

• drømme (verb)
• drømme- (prefix)

Etymology 2

Verb

drøm

1. imperative of drømme

See also

• draum (Nynorsk)

References

• “drøm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “drøm” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

drøm m (definite singular drømmen, indefinite plural drømmar, definite plural drømmane)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of draum
2. (pre-1938) alternative form of draum