ramm

See also: Ramm and ramm-

Limburgish edit

Alternative forms edit

ram (Veldeke spelling, Rheinische Dokumenta spelling)

Etymology edit

Compared with Low German ram(m) (“tart, flavourful, strong”) and Middle Low German ramer (“strong, spicy, bitter”).^[1] This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈʁam/, [ˈʁɑm]
Rhymes: -am

Adverb edit

ramm (German-based spelling, Eupen spelling)

completely, totally, utterly
Mienge GSM ess ramm kapott.
My mobile phone is completely destroyed.
very
Dää Waan ess ramm schnell!
That car is very fast!

References edit

^ „ramm I“, Rheinisches Wörterbuch, digitalisierte Fassung im Wörterbuchnetz des Trier Center for Digital Humanities, Version 01/23, <https://www.woerterbuchnetz.de/RhWB?lemid=R00534>, abgerufen am 16.12.2023.

Old English edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *rammaz.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /rɑmm/, [rɑm]

Noun edit

ramm m

ram (animal)
battering ram
- c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones De Arte Grammatica Anglice
  Sumu word ġetācniaþ mā mid ānre clipunge: ariēs biþ ramm betwēox sċēapum and ramm tō wealġeweorce, and ariēs is ān þāra twelf tācna.
  Some words signify multiple things with one name: aries is a ram among sheep and a ram for taking down walls, and Aries is a sign of the Zodiac.

Declension edit

Declension of ramm (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ramm	rammas
accusative	ramm	rammas
genitive	rammes	ramma
dative	ramme	rammum

Descendants edit

Middle English: ramme, ram, rom
- English: ram
- Scots: ram

[1] „ramm I“, Rheinisches Wörterbuch, digitalisierte Fassung im Wörterbuchnetz des Trier Center for Digital Humanities, Version 01/23, <https://www.woerterbuchnetz.de/RhWB?lemid=R00534>, abgerufen am 16.12.2023.

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