German

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle High German vrumen, from Old High German frummen, *frumen. Related to the adjective fromm.

Verb

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frommen (weak, third-person singular present frommt, past tense frommte, past participle gefrommt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (impersonal, archaic) to be useful, to serve
    Synonyms: nützen, helfen
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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frommen

  1. inflection of fromm:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Further reading

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  • frommen” in Duden online
  • frommen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

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Adjective

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frommen

  1. masculine nominative of fromm
  2. masculine accusative of fromm
  3. masculine dative of fromm
  4. neuter dative of fromm
  5. plural dative of fromm