oversvømme
Norwegian
verb
Definitions
- to flood, inundate
- to overrun a place, e.g. tourists
Etymology
Prefix from Norwegian Bokmål svømme derived from German überschwemmen (flood).
Origin
German (Berlin)
überschwemmen
Gloss
flood
Kanji
洪
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- schwemmen German
- Überschwemmung German
- überschwemmen German
- oversvømmelse Norwegian Bokmål
- svømme Norwegian Bokmål
- svømmebasseng Norwegian Bokmål
- svømmebrille Norwegian Bokmål
- svømmefot Norwegian Bokmål
- svømmehall Norwegian Bokmål
- svømmer Norwegian Bokmål
- svømmetur Norwegian Bokmål
- svømming Norwegian Bokmål
- svimma Old Norse