Wamme

See also: wamme

German

Etymology

From Middle High German wambe, from Old High German wamba, from Proto-Germanic *wambō. Cognate with English womb.

Wamme shows the normal Standard German development -mb- → -mm-, whereas the variant Wampe has an Upper German consonantism. The two are now usually distinguished semantically: Wamme referring to animals, Wampe to people in colloquial use.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvamə/
  • Audio (Germany):(file)

Noun

Wamme f (genitive Wamme, plural Wammen)

  1. dewlap (hanging skin on certain animals, such as cattle)
  2. (less common) alternative form of Wampe (“potbelly”)

Declension

Declension of Wamme [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Wamme die Wammen
genitive einer der Wamme der Wammen
dative einer der Wamme den Wammen
accusative eine die Wamme die Wammen

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