Lamm

Lamm (plural Lamms)

1. A surname.

• Lamb (obsolete)

Inherited from Middle High German lamp, in the 14th century also lam, from Old High German lamb, from Proto-West Germanic *lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz.

The loss of the b is reflective of a common trend in West Germanic languages; cognate with Dutch lam, Yiddish לאַם (lam), and the pronunciation of English lamb.

• IPA^(key): /lam/
• Rhymes: -am

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Lamm n (strong, genitive Lammes or Lamms, plural Lämmer, diminutive Lämmchen n or Lämmerchen n or Lämmlein n)

1. lamb

• “Lamm” in Duden online
• “Lamm” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From Middle High German lamp, from Old High German lamb.

• IPA^(key): /lam/

Lamm n (plural Lämmer, diminutive Lämmche)

1. lamb
   • 2020, Aesop, Piter Keo, De Wollef un das Lamm (yt):

     En Wollef hod en Lamm getroff, wo sich fun seiner Häerd fererd had.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Lamm”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

• Lam

From Middle High German lamp, from Old High German lamb, from Proto-West Germanic *lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz.

• IPA^(key): /lɑm/
• Rhymes: -ɑm

Lamm n (plural Lämmer, diminutive Lämmchen)

1. lamb

From Middle High German lamp, from Old High German lamb. Compare German Lamm, Dutch lam, English lamb.

Lamm n (plural Lemmer)

1. lamb