A Swedish word I learnt this week is öm [œm], which sounds a bit like errm in English, or however you write it, and means gentle, tender, sore, sensitive or fond. I just like the sound of it, and it’s compactness.

Related words and expressions include:

• öm punkt = a sore point or a raw nerve, as in Detta är en öm punkt för mig (That is a sore point for me).
• ömhet = affection, gentleness, soreness or tenderness
• ömhetsbetygelse = endearment, showing of endearment
• ömka = to feel sorry for sb
• ömkan = a pity party
• ömkansvärd = pitiful
• ömma = to ache
• ömma för = to feel compassion for

Of course, öm should not be confused with om [ɔm], which means if, that, whether, about, for, on, by and a few other things. Accents are important.

Sources: bab.la and Wiktionary