Lamm
English edit
Proper noun edit
Lamm (plural Lamms)
- A surname.
German edit
Alternative forms edit
- Lamb (obsolete)
Etymology edit
From Middle High German lamp, in the 14th century also lam, from Old High German lamb, from Proto-West Germanic *lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz.
The loss of the b is reflective of a common trend in West Germanic languages; compare Dutch lam, Yiddish לאַם (lam), and the pronunciation of English lamb.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Lamm n (strong, genitive Lammes or Lamms, plural Lämmer, diminutive Lämmchen n or Lämmlein n)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
- Deichlamm
- Heidschnuckenlamm
- Lamm Gottes
- Lammbraten
- Lammchops
- Lammdöner
- lammen
- Lämmerblume
- Lämmergeier
- Lämmerhirt
- Lämmersalat
- Lämmerschwanz
- Lämmerschwänzchen
- Lammfell
- Lammfilet
- Lammfleisch
- lammfromm
- Lammgulasch
- Lammkarree
- Lammkeule
- Lammkotelett
- Lammkrone
- Lammpistole
- Lammrippchen
- Lammrolle
- Lammrücken
- Lammsteak
- Lammzeit
- Lammzunge
- Milchlamm
- Opferlamm
- Osterlamm
- Paschalamm
- Passahlamm
- Passalamm
- Pessachlamm
See also edit
Further reading edit
Hunsrik edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German lamp, from Old High German lamb.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Lamm n (plural Lämmer, diminutive Lämmche)
- lamb
- 2020, Aesop, Piter Keo, De Wollef un das Lamm (yt):
- En Wollef hod en Lamm getroff, wo sich fun seiner Häerd fererd had.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2020, Aesop, Piter Keo, De Wollef un das Lamm (yt):
Further reading edit
Luxembourgish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German lamp, from Old High German lamb, from Proto-West Germanic *lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German lamp, from Old High German lamb. Compare German Lamm, Dutch lam, English lamb.
Noun edit
Lamm n (plural Lemmer)