Wampe
German
editEtymology
editUpper German variant of Wamme, from Middle High German wambe, from Old High German wamba, from Proto-Germanic *wambō. Cognate with English womb.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editWampe f (genitive Wampe, plural Wampen)
- (less common) Alternative form of Wamme (“dewlap”)
- 1892, Fritz Mauthner, Aus dem Märchenbuch der Wahrheit[1], published 1919:
- Es waren bebänderte Ochsen, und zierliche Glöckchen hingen ihnen von der Wampe hinunter.
- They were oxen garnished with ribbons, and graceful bells hung from their dewlaps.
- (colloquial) potbelly, paunch
- 2007 Spiegel-Online, Kindheitstrauma Weidezaun
- … als mein elastisches Mikrofaserunterhemd über jenen Hohlraum spannt, wo früher eine Wampe war, jetzt aber nur noch ein klitzekleiner Restbauch.
- … wenn my elastic microfiber undershirt stretches over the hollow, where there used to be a paunch, but now only a tiny belly remains.
- 2007 Spiegel-Online, Kindheitstrauma Weidezaun
Declension
editDeclension of Wampe [feminine]
Synonyms
editFurther reading
edit- “Wampe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Wampe” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Wampe” in Duden online
- “Wampe” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- Wampe on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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