Qualm

== German == === Alternative forms === Kwalm (archaic, rare) === Etymology === 16th century, from Middle Low German quallem (“vapor, steam, smoke”). Cognate with Dutch kwalm. Usually considered a derivative of quellen (“to well, swell up”). Alternatively with the common Low and Central German development dw-, tw- → qu- (as in quer, Quark etc.) from Old Saxon dwalm (“benumbment, bemusement”), cognate of Old High German twalm, Old English dwolma. Further from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeuə- (“spray, swirl, whirl”). However, the documented meanings seem to speak against this. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kvalm/, [kʋalm], [kv̥alm] Hyphenation: Qualm Rhymes: -alm === Noun === Qualm m (strong, genitive Qualmes or Qualms, no plural) smoke, particularly when very dense or regarded as unpleasant; fume Synonyms: Rauch, Schmauch Zigarettenqualm ― cigarette smoke 1964, Dieter Noll, Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt: Roman einer Heimkehr (Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 1964), page 307 (GoogleBooks; retrieved 19 July 2015) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (regional) Wasen/Wrasen, Brodel, Schwalch, Schwalk, Schmok === See also === Dampf Dunst === References === === Further reading === “Qualm” in Duden online “Qualm”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) “Qualm” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.