ramm

See also: Ramm and ramm-

Limburgish

Alternative forms

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)

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

References
  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.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rammaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /rɑmm/, [rɑm]

Noun

ramm m

  1. ram (animal)
  2. battering ram
    • c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones De Arte Grammatica Anglice
      Sumu word ġetācniaþ mā mid ānre clipunge: ariēs biþ ramm betwēox sċēapum and ramm tō wealġeweorce, and ariēs is ān þāra 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
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