Wamme

See also: wamme

German

Etymology

From Middle High German wambe, from Old High German wamba, from Proto-Germanic *wambō. 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/

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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

Further reading

• “Wamme” in Duden online
• “Wamme” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Wamme” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Wamme” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon