ulme

Ultimately from Old Norse ylr. Cognate with Danish olm.

• IPA^(key): [ˈulmə]

ulme (imperative ulm, infinitive at ulme, present tense ulmer, past tense ulmede, perfect tense ulmet)

1. to smolder, burn without flames (often under a covering or inside a mass).

   Coordinate terms: gløde, gnistre

   Teknikerne mener, at branden har ulmet i nogle timer og derefter langsomt arbejdet sig vej gennem huset .

   The technicians believe that the fire smoldered for a few hours and then slowly worked its way through the house.

2. (figurative) something that simmers, develops, (something that gives rise to uncertainty or anxiety, and which may develop).

   Et bredt folkeligt oprør ulmer under daglige demonstrationer og optøjer.

   A broad popular uprising is simmering amid daily demonstrations and riots.

• “ulme” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “ulme” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

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• IPA^(key): /ˈulme/, [ˈulme̞]
• Rhymes: -e
• Hyphenation: ul‧me

ulme (genitive ulme, partitive ulmet)

1. speculative fiction (class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural, or futuristic elements, including fantasy, horror, and science fiction, dealing with worlds, themes, and characters not part of everyday life)

   Synonyms: fantastika, imeulme

   Near-synonym: ruja

2. fantasy, fiction (something considered unrealistic, unbelievable, or unfeasible)
3. figment of one's imagination (product of the imagination; especially, such a thing whose unreality one may question, at least temporarily)

   Synonyms: fantaseering, väljamõeldis

ulme (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) very, extremely, really, terribly, awfully (to such an extent that the speaker does not like it at all)

   Synonyms: hirmsalt, hirmsasti, hirmus, jube, jubedalt, jubedasti, jäle, kole, tapvalt, ulmeliselt, väga, õudsalt, õudselt, äärmiselt

• “ulme”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
• “ulme”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “ulme”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• ulme in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

ulme

1. vocative singular of ulmus

ulme

1. alternative form of elm