# klam
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈklam]
* Hyphenation: klam
* Rhymes: -am

### Etymology 1

Deverbal of klamat (“to deceive”). Compare Slovak klam, Slovak klamstvo, Polish kłamstwo.

#### Noun

klam m inan
* fallacy, illusion
* deception

##### Related terms

* klamat
* klamně
* klamný
* logický klam m
* oklamat
* optický klam m
* sebeklam m

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

klam
* second-person singular imperative of klamat

### Further reading

* “klam”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “klam”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “klam”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Danish
### Etymology

From Middle Low German klam.

### Adjective

klam (neuter klamt, plural and definite singular attributive klamme, comparative klammere, superlative (predicative) klammest, superlative (attributive) klammeste)
* uncomfortably damp and cold
* (figurative, informal) unpleasant, repulsive

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch clam, ultimately from or related to Proto-West Germanic *klaimijan (“to smear with clay”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑm

### Adjective

klam (comparative klammer, superlative klamst)
* damp, dank, moist and cool

#### Declension
### Anagrams

* kalm

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Middle Low German klam (“tight”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Cognate with Danish klam, Dutch klam and German klamm.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /klam/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -am
* Hyphenation: klam

### Adjective

klam (neuter singular klamt, definite singular and plural klamme, comparative klammere, predicative superlative klammest, attributive superlative klammeste)
* clammy; damp, moist and cold (especially regarding human skin or the air)
    Synonym: fuktig
    Det var klamt og fuktig i rommet.It was clammy and damp in the room.
** 1875, Henrik Ibsen, Catilina, page 101:jeg ser mig i en hvælving, klam som gravens muldI see myself in a vault, clammy like the dust of the grave
** 1879, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norske Folke- og Huldre-Eventyr, page 174:klamme gjennemtrængende luftningerclammy penetrating aerations
** 1885, Henrik Ibsen, Brand, page 117:her sænker skodden klamt sig nedhere the shutter clammily lowers down
** 1899, Henrik Ibsen, Når vi døde vågner, page 196:to klamme ligtwo moist corpses
** 1907, Nils Collett Vogt, September-Brand, page 124:høstmørket længer sig klamt og vaadtthe autumn darkness longs clammy and wet
** 1889, Nils Collett Vogt, Familiens sorg, page 18:han var sved paa panden og klam paa hændernehe was sweating on his forehead and clammy on his hands
** 1994, Dag Solstad, Genanse og verdighet:dette klamme klasseværelsetthis clammy classroom
** 1990, Atle Næss, Kraften som beveger:en varm, klam septemberkveld med tordenvær i luftaa warm, humid September evening with thunderstorms in the air
** 1996, Gunnar Staalesen, De døde har det godt:hun var … klam i hendene da vi håndhilsteshe was… clammy in her hands when we shook hands
** 2005, Linn Ullmann, Et velsignet barn:klamme lakenclammy sheets
* (colloquial) piercing, unpleasant (of a mood or atmosphere)
** 1911, Hjalmar Christensen, Fogedgaarden, page 24:det var ingen aabenbar uvenlighed, men en seig, klam mistænksomhetit was no obvious unkindness, but a tenacious, piercing suspicion
** 1994, Dag Solstad, Genanse og verdighet:Johan Corneliussen må ha været den klamme taushet i rommet under dette måltidJohan Corneliussen must have been the most unpleasant silence in the room during this meal
* awkward
** 2003, Arne Svingen, De tøffeste gutta, page 57:alt ble så klamt når læreren skulle bry segeverything became so awkward when the teacher had to care

#### Derived terms

* klamsvett (“clammy and sweaty”)

### References

* “klam” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “klam” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [klam]

### Verb

klam
* second-person singular imperative of klamať