Wamme
See also: wamme
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German wambe, from Old High German wamba, from Proto-Germanic *wambō. Wamme shows the normal standard German development -mb- → -mm-, whereas the variant Wampe has an Upper German consonantism. The two are now usually distinguished semantically, Wamme referring to animals, Wampe to people in colloquial use.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editWamme f (genitive Wamme, plural Wammen)
- dewlap (hanging skin on certain animals, such as cattle)
- (less common) Alternative form of Wampe (“potbelly”)
Declension
editDeclension of Wamme [feminine]
Further reading
edit- “Wamme” in Duden online
- “Wamme” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Wamme” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Wamme” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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