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Damm

Damm

See also: damm and dämm

German

Noun

Damm m ‎(genitive Damms or Dammes, plural Dämme)

  1. dam

Declension

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɑm/
  • Rhymes: -ɑm

Etymology 1

From Old High German *damm, northern variant of tamm, from Proto-Germanic *dammaz.

Noun

Damm m ‎(plural Dämm)

  1. dam, dyke

Etymology 2

Borrowing from French dame.

Noun

Damm f ‎(plural Dammen)

  1. lady
  2. (card games) queen
  3. (chess) queen
  4. skittle, pin
Synonyms
  • (pin, skittle): Keel f

See also

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damm

damm

See also: Damm and dämm

Swedish

Noun

damm n

  1. dust
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse damm.

Noun

damm c

  1. dam; pond, pool
Declension
Inflection of damm 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative damm dammen dammar dammarna
Genitive damms dammens dammars dammarnas
Derived terms

Etymology

From Middle High German tamm. Probably via Old High German *tamm from Proto-Germanic *dammaz, though it is sometimes considered a later backformation from the verb dämmen. The modern consonantism is Central and Low German (compare Middle Low German dam).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dam/
  • Rhymes: -am

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