ramm

See also: Ramm, ramm-, and rɑmm

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: ram, ramme

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hrogn, from Proto-Germanic *hrugnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *krek- (“frogspawn”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈrɒmː/

Noun

ramm m

  1. Roe (eggs of a fish.)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse rjúmi, from Proto-Germanic *raumaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²rɒmː/

Noun

ramm m

  1. Cream (fatty part of milk.)
Derived terms
  • ramfil
  • rammtrag

Etymology 3

From Middle Low German rame.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈræmː/

Noun

ramm f

  1. A frame.
Derived terms
  • fönster-ramm
  • döraramm
  • sagramm

Etymology 4

From Old Norse hrammr.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈræmː/

Noun

ramm f

  1. A bear’s paw.
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