# der Qualm

der Qualm is a German noun meaning “smoke”. Forms: des Qualmes.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Qualmes

## In other languages

- Русский: дым, чад
- Українська: дим

## Meanings

1. _no plural_ smoke, particularly when very dense or regarded as unpleasant; fume
   - beißender, dichter, dicker, weißer, schwarzer Qualm — acrid, dense, thick, white, black smoke/fumes

## Examples

- Der Kamin stößt schwarzen Qualm aus. — The chimney is belching black smoke.
- Er erstickte im dichten Qualm. — He suffocated in the thick smoke.

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