See also: ERM

English edit

Pronunciation edit

Used in non-rhotic dialects. Compare um.

Interjection edit

erm

  1. (UK) Used in hesitant speech, or to express uncertainty; um, umm.
    She was going to, erm... the salon, I think.
  2. (UK) Used to express embarrassment or subtle disagreement.
    Erm, I don't think that was supposed to happen.
    – Bob would never say something like that!
    Erm, he just did.

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Etymology edit

From Late Latin erēmus, from Ancient Greek ἐρῆμος (erêmos).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

erm (feminine erma, masculine plural erms, feminine plural ermes)

  1. deserted, abandoned
  2. uncultivated (not cultivated by agricultural methods)

Noun edit

erm m (plural erms)

  1. wasteland

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Old Frisian edit

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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

 
Ēn erm. (1.1)

From Proto-West Germanic *arm.[1] Cognates include Old English earm and Old Saxon arm.

Noun edit

erm m

  1. (anatomy) arm
Inflection edit
Declension of erm (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative erm ermar, erma
genitive ermes erma
dative erme ermum, ermem
accusative erm ermar, erma
Descendants edit
  • North Frisian:
    Föhr-Amrum: iarem
    Halligen: eerm
    Heligoland: iaarem
    Mooring: ärm
  • Saterland Frisian: Íerm, Äirm
  • West Frisian: earm

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-West Germanic *arm.[1] Cognates include Old English earm and Old Saxon *arm.

Adjective edit

erm

  1. poor
Descendants edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 29