ramm

See also: Ramm and ramm-

Limburgish

Alternative forms

ram (Veldeke spelling, Rheinische Dokumenta spelling)

Etymology

Compared with Low German ram(m) (“tart, flavourful, strong”) and Middle Low German ramer (“strong, spicy, bitter”).^[1] This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʁam/, [ˈʁɑm]
Rhymes: -am

Adverb

ramm (German-based spelling, Eupen spelling)

completely, totally, utterly
Mienge GSM ess ramm kapott.
My mobile phone is completely destroyed.
very
Dää Waan ess ramm schnell!
That car is very fast!

References

^ „ramm I“, Rheinisches Wörterbuch, digitalisierte Fassung im Wörterbuchnetz des Trier Center for Digital Humanities, Version 01/23, <https://www.woerterbuchnetz.de/RhWB?lemid=R00534>, abgerufen am 16.12.2023.

Old English

Alternative forms

ram

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rammaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rɑmm/, [rɑm]

Noun

ramm m

ram (animal)
battering ram
- c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones De Arte Grammatica Anglice
  Sume synd omonima, id sunt vnivoca, ða ġetācniað mā þinga mid ānre clypunge: ariēs byð ram betwux sċēapum and ram tō wealġeweorce, and ariēs ys ān ðāra twelf tācna.
  Some words signify multiple things with one name: aries is a ram among sheep and a ram for taking down walls, and Aries is a sign of the Zodiac.

Declension

Declension of ramm (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ramm	rammas
accusative	ramm	rammas
genitive	rammes	ramma
dative	ramme	rammum

Descendants

Middle English: ramme, ram, rom
- English: ram
- Scots: ram

[1] „ramm I“, Rheinisches Wörterbuch, digitalisierte Fassung im Wörterbuchnetz des Trier Center for Digital Humanities, Version 01/23, <https://www.woerterbuchnetz.de/RhWB?lemid=R00534>, abgerufen am 16.12.2023.

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