Damm

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German tamm. Probably via Old High German *tamm from Proto-Germanic *dammaz, though it is sometimes considered a later back-formation from the verb dämmen. The modern consonantism is Central and Low German (compare Middle Low German dam). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dam/ Rhymes: -am === Noun === Damm m (strong, genitive Dammes or Damms, plural Dämme) embankment (anatomy) perineum Synonym: Perineum ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “Damm” in Duden online “Damm”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) == Hunsrik == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtam/ Rhymes: -am Syllabification: Damm === Noun === Damm m (plural Demm) dam === Further reading === Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Damm”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch == Luxembourgish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dam/, [dɑm] Rhymes: -ɑm === Etymology 1 === From Old High German *damm, northern variant of tamm, from Proto-Germanic *dammaz. ==== Noun ==== Damm m (plural Dämm) dam, dyke === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from French dame. ==== Noun ==== Damm f (plural Dammen) lady (card games) queen (chess) queen skittle, pin ===== Synonyms ===== (pin, skittle): Keel f ==== See also ====