kaum

Signification (Anglais)

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

Fréquence

A2
Dialectes

canton de Bâle-Campagne

canton de Bâle-Campagne

kuum

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Prononcé comme (IPA)
/kaʊ̯m/
Étymologie (Anglais)

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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