See also: Fromm

German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German vrume (efficient, good, righteous), derived from Old High German fruma (benefit).

The vocalism -o- could readily be explained as dialectal, but is already common in Middle High German. The commonest form in early modern German was frōm. Modern fromm is a variant with suppression of open-syllable lengthening (as commonly found before -m-). Related to Dutch vroom and Yiddish פֿרום (frum).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /fʁɔm/
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Adjective edit

fromm (strong nominative masculine singular frommer, comparative frömmer or frommer, superlative am frömmsten or am frommsten)

  1. pious, religious, devout
    Synonyms: religiös, (tief) gläubig
  2. (archaic) righteous

Usage notes edit

  • In contemporary usage, fromm tends to be read as “observant of religious customs” rather than “steeped in faith and devotion”. It therefore may, but need not, have the negative overtone of “sanctimonious”.

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • fromm” in Duden online
  • fromm” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German vrume, from Old High German fruma. Cognate with German fromm, Dutch vroom.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

fromm (masculine frommen, neuter frommt, comparative méi fromm, superlative am frommsten)

  1. pious, devout

Declension edit

Pennsylvania German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German vrume, from Old High German fruma, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *frumô, related to Dutch vroom (pious). Also compare German fromm, Old English from.

Adjective edit

fromm

  1. pious, devout
  2. gentle, tractable (of animals)

Plautdietsch edit

Etymology edit

See from

Adjective edit

fromm

  1. pious, devout, religious, godly