Lärm

See also: larm and lärm

German

Etymology

From older Lärmen, from early modern lerma, lerman, larman, shortened from Alarm, ultimately from Italian allarme. Doublet of Alarm.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɛʁm/, [lɛɐ̯m]
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Noun

Lärm m (strong, genitive Lärmes or Lärms, no plural)

annoying noise; noise (when subjectively considered to be a disturbance)

Declension

Declension of Lärm [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Lärm
genitive	eines	des	Lärmes, Lärms
dative	einem	dem	Lärm, Lärme¹
accusative	einen	den	Lärm

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

lärmen

Descendants

Estonian: lärm
Hungarian: lárma
Serbo-Croatian: ларма, larma

See also

Further reading

“Lärm” in Duden online
“Lärm” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Lärm”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

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