What is the meaning of Um?
Alternative form of µm
Expression of hesitation, uncertainty or space filler in conversation.
An expression to forcefully call attention to something wrong.
An expression of shocked disapproval used by a child who witnesses forbidden behavior.
To make the um sound to express uncertainty or hesitancy.
An undifferentiated determiner or article; a miscellaneous linking word, or filler with nonspecific meaning; representation of broken English stereotypically or comically attributed to Native Americans.
about (a subject)
a (the indefinite article)
first/third-person singular present indicative of vȱlda
alternative form of om
about, concerning [with accusative]
round, past, beyond [with accusative]
over, across, along [with accusative]
during, at a point in time [with accusative]
because of, for [with accusative]
(w:Poetic Edda) indicates that the verbal action is completed, compare English “through” as in “read through”. For semantic development, compare adjectival usage of German um.
around [with accusative]
about [with accusative]
during [with accusative]
through [with accusative]
over [with accusative]
up, in the sense of finished
turned over, changed, from one state to another
used in set phrases
contraction of op + dem; on the, at the, to the
some; a few (a small number of)
a bit of
indicates that what follows is exceptional; quite a; quite the
the figure or digit "1": one
element(s) of a previously mentioned class: one; some (in the plural)
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