stramm
German
Etymology
From Middle Low German stram. Cognate with Dutch stram (possibly also from Low German). Further origin uncertain.
Pronunciation
Adjective
stramm (strong nominative masculine singular strammer, comparative strammer, superlative am strammsten)
- tight; taut (tightly fastened)
- Synonym: straff
- upright (standing tall, as of a soldier)
- upright; stalwart; staunch; strict; rigorous
- (somewhat informal) stalwart; burly; muscular
- (colloquial) drunk
Declension
Positive forms of stramm
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist stramm | sie ist stramm | es ist stramm | sie sind stramm | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | strammer | stramme | strammes | stramme |
| genitive | strammen | strammer | strammen | strammer | |
| dative | strammem | strammer | strammem | strammen | |
| accusative | strammen | stramme | strammes | stramme | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der stramme | die stramme | das stramme | die strammen |
| genitive | des strammen | der strammen | des strammen | der strammen | |
| dative | dem strammen | der strammen | dem strammen | den strammen | |
| accusative | den strammen | die stramme | das stramme | die strammen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein strammer | eine stramme | ein strammes | (keine) strammen |
| genitive | eines strammen | einer strammen | eines strammen | (keiner) strammen | |
| dative | einem strammen | einer strammen | einem strammen | (keinen) strammen | |
| accusative | einen strammen | eine stramme | ein strammes | (keine) strammen | |
Comparative forms of stramm
Superlative forms of stramm
Derived terms
- strammer Max
Further reading
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from German stramm. The figurative sense developed in Prussian military language.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʃtrɒmː]
- Hyphenation: stramm
- Rhymes: -ɒmː
Adjective
stramm (comparative strammabb, superlative legstrammabb)
- (informal) strapping, sturdy, stalwart, burly, muscular, strong (person or behavior typical of such a person)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | stramm | strammok |
| accusative | strammot | strammokat |
| dative | strammnak | strammoknak |
| instrumental | strammal | strammokkal |
| causal-final | strammért | strammokért |
| translative | strammá | strammokká |
| terminative | strammig | strammokig |
| essive-formal | strammként | strammokként |
| essive-modal | strammul | — |
| inessive | strammban | strammokban |
| superessive | strammon | strammokon |
| adessive | strammnál | strammoknál |
| illative | strammba | strammokba |
| sublative | strammra | strammokra |
| allative | strammhoz | strammokhoz |
| elative | strammból | strammokból |
| delative | strammról | strammokról |
| ablative | strammtól | strammoktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
strammé | strammoké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
stramméi | strammokéi |
or less commonly
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | stramm | strammak |
| accusative | strammot | strammakat |
| dative | strammnak | strammaknak |
| instrumental | strammal | strammakkal |
| causal-final | strammért | strammakért |
| translative | strammá | strammakká |
| terminative | strammig | strammakig |
| essive-formal | strammként | strammakként |
| essive-modal | strammul | — |
| inessive | strammban | strammakban |
| superessive | strammon | strammakon |
| adessive | strammnál | strammaknál |
| illative | strammba | strammakba |
| sublative | strammra | strammakra |
| allative | strammhoz | strammakhoz |
| elative | strammból | strammakból |
| delative | strammról | strammakról |
| ablative | strammtól | strammaktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
strammé | strammaké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
stramméi | strammakéi |
Derived terms
- strammság
- strammul
References
- ^ stramm in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- stramm in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.