Swedish adjective
tam
tame
Meaning
tame
In Swedish: som är van att leva bland människor
Forms
| Basic form | tam | with en-words |
|---|---|---|
| Neuter | tamt | with ett-words |
| Plural and definite | tama | plural nouns, and after den / det / de |
| Comparative | tamare | “-er”, “more …” |
| Superlative | tamast | “-est”, “most …” |
Practise tam
1 / 1What does tam mean?
tam in a sentence
- ett tamt anfalla feeble attack
- en tam fågela tame bird
Questions
What does tam mean in English?
tam means “tame”.
Origin
From Old Swedish tamber, from Old Norse tamr, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz, from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂-.
Nearby common words
tam is number 7,770 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 7,766hacker hacker
- 7,767joker joker
- 7,768kvarn mill
- 7,769nådig merciful, gracious
- 7,771värdshus inn
- 7,772radioaktiv radioactive
- 7,773federationen the federation, federation
- 7,774döva to numb (make (an unpleasant sensation) less intense)
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary