Drammen

From Norwegian Drammen, from Old Norse Drafn, from drǫfn (“wave”).

Drammen

1. A municipality and city in Buskerud, Norway
2. A town in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, United States, named after Drammen in Norway.

• Unger, Carl Rikard (1896). Sproglig-historiske studier (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norge: H. Aschehoug & Co. p. 37

Newer form of Dramen, from Norwegian Dramn, with svarabhakti -e- and double consonant according to pronunciation, from Old Norse Drafn m (“the inner part of Drammensfjorden”), probably named after Drǫfn f (“Drammenselva”), from drǫfn (“wave”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdramːn̩/

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• Rhymes: -amːn̩
• Hyphenation: Dram‧men
• Homophone: drammen

Drammen

1. Drammen (a municipality and city in Viken, formerly Buskerud, Eastern Norway, Norway)
2. Drammen (a town in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, United States), named after Drammen in Norway

• → English: Drammen

• “Drammen” in Store norske leksikon

• Dramn

Newer form of Dramen and Dramn (see that).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdramːn̩/, /ˈdramːən/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -amːn̩
• Hyphenation: Dram‧men
• Homophone: drammen

Drammen

1. Drammen (a city and municipality of Buskerud, Norway)
   • 2015 March 25, Knut Stavseng, “Sjøholt – ut av bakevja”, in Bygdebladet, page 26:

     «Det er betre med ein dram i timen enn ein time i Drammen».

     “It’s better with a dram per hour than an hour in Drammen”.

• drammensar

• → English: Drammen

• “Drammen” in Store norske leksikon