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  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Pronunciation
  • 1.3 Noun
    • 1.3.1 Usage notes
    • 1.3.2 Declension
    • 1.3.3 Related terms
  • 1.4 Further reading

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In other projects Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wiktionary, the free dictionary See also: Appendix:Variations of "omi"

German

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Etymology

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From Oma +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈoːmi/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

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Omi f (genitive Omi or (prenominal without an article) Omis, plural Omis)

1. (familiar) grandma, granny, nan Coordinate term: Opi

Usage notes

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• The word is commonly used with a definite article in most parts of central Germany, southern Germany, and Austria: Wo ist die Omi? – “Where is Grandma?” In northern Germany—and generally in writing—no article tends to be used: Wo ist Omi?
• The genitive Omis is used before the modified term, without any article or determiner: Omis Tasche – “Grandma’s bag”. This is chiefly northern German usage; the rest of the language prefers: die Tasche von der Omi (as above). — With an accompanying article or determiner, the genitive takes no ending: die Tasche meiner Omi – “my grandma’s bag”. This, however, is not common usage in any region; children will say instead: die Tasche von meiner Omi.

Declension

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singular			plural
indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Omi	die	Omis
genitive	einer	der	Omi, Omis1	der	Omis
dative	einer	der	Omi	den	Omis
accusative	eine	die	Omi	die	Omis

1Prenominal without an article.

Related terms

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• Großmama
• Großmutter
• Oma
• Omama

Further reading

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• “Omi” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Omi” in Duden online
• “Omi” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

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