kaum
Meaning
- barely, hardly
- difficult, nearly impossible
- little
Concepts
barely
hardly
with difficulty
scarcely
just
no more than
merely
least
little less
little
shrill
narrowly
a bit
a little
somewhat
rarely
seldom
difficultly
slowly
step by step
soon
only
scarce
thinly
remotely
uneath
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kaʊ̯m/
Etymology
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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Sentences
In den historischen Quellen ist eine genaue botanische Unterscheidung der ähnlichen Arten kaum möglich .
In the historical sources, an exact botanical distinction of the similar species is hardly possible.