German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Low German stram. Cognate with Dutch stram (possibly also from Low German). Further origin uncertain.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʃtʁam/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -am

Adjective edit

stramm (strong nominative masculine singular strammer, comparative strammer, superlative am strammsten)

  1. tight; taut (tightly fastened)
    Synonym: straff
  2. upright (standing tall, as of a soldier)
  3. upright; stalwart; staunch; strict; rigorous
  4. (somewhat informal) stalwart; burly; muscular
  5. (colloquial) drunk

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

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

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from German stramm. The figurative sense developed in Prussian military language.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

stramm (comparative strammabb, superlative legstrammabb)

  1. (informal) strapping, sturdy, stalwart, burly, muscular, strong (person or behavior typical of such a person)

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative stramm strammok
accusative strammot strammokat
dative strammnak strammoknak
instrumental strammal strammokkal
causal-final strammért strammokért
translative strammá strammokká
terminative strammig strammokig
essive-formal strammként strammokként
essive-modal strammul
inessive strammban strammokban
superessive strammon strammokon
adessive strammnál strammoknál
illative strammba strammokba
sublative strammra strammokra
allative strammhoz strammokhoz
elative strammból strammokból
delative strammról strammokról
ablative strammtól strammoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
strammé strammoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
stramméi strammokéi

or less commonly

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative stramm strammak
accusative strammot strammakat
dative strammnak strammaknak
instrumental strammal strammakkal
causal-final strammért strammakért
translative strammá strammakká
terminative strammig strammakig
essive-formal strammként strammakként
essive-modal strammul
inessive strammban strammakban
superessive strammon strammakon
adessive strammnál strammaknál
illative strammba strammakba
sublative strammra strammakra
allative strammhoz strammakhoz
elative strammból strammakból
delative strammról strammakról
ablative strammtól strammaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
strammé strammaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
stramméi strammakéi

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ stramm in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading edit

  • stramm in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN