Ramme

See also: ramme

German

Etymology

From Middle High German ramme, from Old High German ramma (“battering ram”), from rammo (“ram, male sheep”) (whence now obsolete Ramm) from the similar shape of a ram's head, from Proto-Germanic *rammaz. See also Rammbock and Rammel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁamə/

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Noun

Ramme f (genitive Ramme, plural Rammen)

1. ram, battering ram
2. pile driver

Declension

Declension of Ramme [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Ramme	die	Rammen
genitive	einer	der	Ramme	der	Rammen
dative	einer	der	Ramme	den	Rammen
accusative	eine	die	Ramme	die	Rammen

Derived terms

• rammen (“to ram”)
• rammeln (“to shake, to jolt; to scuffle, to tussle; to copulate”)

References

• “Ramme” in Duden online