warm
German, adjective
warm is spelled W-A-R-M (4 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written German, the 2,547th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Warm is a German adjective meaning “warm; mildly hot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, wärm is a different word: “singular imperative of wärmen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “von hoher Temperatur (zwischen lau und heiß)”.
What does warm mean in English?
adjective
- 1
warm; mildly hot
- 2
warm; keeping the wearer warm
- 3
including heating costs, water, and fees (electricity may or may not be included)
Ich zahle 800 € warm für meine Wohnung.
- 4
datedgay, homosexual (mostly male)
verb
- 1
singular imperative of wärmen
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of wärmen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. von hoher Temperatur (zwischen lau und heiß) 2. homosexuell 3. einschließlich der monatlichen Abschlagszahlungen für alle Betriebskosten, also auch der Heizkosten
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of warm
- warmer masculine nominative singular
- wärmer comparative
- am wärmsten superlative
- warme feminine nominative singular
- warmes neuter nominative singular
- warmen genitive masculine singular
- warmem dative masculine singular
- der warme definite includes-article masculine
- die warme definite feminine includes-article
- das warme definite includes-article neuter
- die warmen definite includes-article nominative
- des warmen definite genitive includes-article
- der warmen definite feminine genitive
- dem warmen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to warm
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is warm in German?
warm appears 32 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).