rammdösig
German
editEtymology
editUncertain. Usually cited as being from Ramme + dösig, i.e. "drowsy or dizzy as a ram or sheep". Alternatively, possibly from German Low German rammdösig (“dazed, disoriented, stunned, confused”), from German Low German rammen (“to ram”) + dösig (“dizzy, dazed, stupified”), from Middle Low German dȫsich (“dizzy, dazed”), probably after the notion of a ram being dazed from being headbutted by another ram, or of someone being dazed and confused after being knocked.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈʁamˌdøːzɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈʁamˌdøːzɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ramm‧dö‧sig
Adjective
editrammdösig (strong nominative masculine singular rammdösiger, comparative rammdösiger, superlative am rammdösigsten)
Declension
editPositive forms of rammdösig
Comparative forms of rammdösig
Superlative forms of rammdösig
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