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Amme

Amme

See also: amme

German

Noun

Amme f (genitive Amme, plural Ammen)

  1. wet nurse
  2. (archaic or regional) nanny, grandmother, mother

Declension

Derived terms

See also

amme

amme

See also: Amme

Finnish

Noun

amme

  1. bathtub, tub (large container for holding water in which a person may bathe)

Declension

Inflection of amme (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)
nominative amme ammeet
genitive ammeen ammeiden
ammeitten
partitive ammetta ammeita
illative ammeeseen ammeisiin
ammeihin
singular plural
nominative amme ammeet
accusative nom. amme ammeet
gen. ammeen
genitive ammeen ammeiden
ammeitten
partitive ammetta ammeita
inessive ammeessa ammeissa
elative ammeesta ammeista
illative ammeeseen ammeisiin
ammeihin
adessive ammeella ammeilla
ablative ammeelta ammeilta
allative ammeelle ammeille
essive ammeena ammeina
translative ammeeksi ammeiksi
instructive ammein
abessive ammeetta ammeitta
comitative ammeineen

Anagrams


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Low German amme; compare with German Amme (wet nurse). Verb derived from noun.

Noun

amme f, m (definite singular amma or ammen, indefinite plural ammer, definite plural ammene)

  1. a wet nurse

Verb

amme (imperative amm, present tense ammer, passive ammes, simple past and past participle amma or ammet, present participle ammende)

  1. to breastfeed

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Low German amme; compare with German Amme (wet nurse). Verb derived from noun.

Alternative forms

Noun

amme f (definite singular amma, indefinite plural ammer, definite plural ammene)

  1. a wet nurse

Verb

amme

  1. to breastfeed

Conjugation

References