stramm
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German stram. Cognate with Dutch stram (possibly also from Low German). Further origin uncertain.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
stramm (strong nominative masculine singular strammer, comparative strammer, superlative am strammsten)
- tight; taut (tightly fastened)
- Synonym: straff
- upright (standing tall, as of a soldier)
- upright; stalwart; staunch; strict; rigorous
- (somewhat informal) stalwart; burly; muscular
- (colloquial) drunk
Declension edit
Positive forms of stramm
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist stramm | sie ist stramm | es ist stramm | sie sind stramm | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | strammer | stramme | strammes | stramme |
genitive | strammen | strammer | strammen | strammer | |
dative | strammem | strammer | strammem | strammen | |
accusative | strammen | stramme | strammes | stramme | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der stramme | die stramme | das stramme | die strammen |
genitive | des strammen | der strammen | des strammen | der strammen | |
dative | dem strammen | der strammen | dem strammen | den strammen | |
accusative | den strammen | die stramme | das stramme | die strammen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein strammer | eine stramme | ein strammes | (keine) strammen |
genitive | eines strammen | einer strammen | eines strammen | (keiner) strammen | |
dative | einem strammen | einer strammen | einem strammen | (keinen) strammen | |
accusative | einen strammen | eine stramme | ein strammes | (keine) strammen |
Comparative forms of stramm
Superlative forms of stramm
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
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)
- (informal) strapping, sturdy, stalwart, burly, muscular, strong (person or behavior typical of such a person)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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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
- ^ 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