kaum

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. barely, hardly (qualifying verbs or adjectives)
  2. barely any, almost no (qualifying amounts)
  3. difficult, nearly impossible
  4. as soon as, immediately after

Frekwensie

A2
Dialekte

Kanton Basel-Land

Kanton Basel-Land

kuum

Data verskaf deur: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/kaʊ̯m/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle High German kūme, from Old High German kūmo, from Proto-Germanic *kūmaz, *kūmijaz (“weak, pitiful, frail”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to call, cry”). Cognate with English comely and archaic Dutch kuim (“barely”).

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