fromm

From Middle High German vrume (“efficient, good, righteous”), derived from Old High German fruma (“benefit”).

The vocalism -o- could readily be explained as dialectal, but is already common in Middle High German. The commonest form in early modern German was frōm. Modern fromm is a variant with suppression of open-syllable lengthening (as commonly found before -m-). Related to Dutch vroom and Yiddish פֿרום (frum).

• IPA^(key): /fʁɔm/

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fromm (strong nominative masculine singular frommer, comparative frömmer or frommer, superlative am frömmsten or am frommsten)

1. pious, religious, devout

   Synonyms: religiös, (tief) gläubig

2. (archaic) righteous

• In contemporary usage, fromm tends to be read as “observant of religious customs” rather than “steeped in faith and devotion”. It therefore may, but need not, have the negative overtone of “sanctimonious”.

• frömmeln
• Frommheit
• frommherzig
• Frömmigkeit
• Es kann der Frömmste nicht in Frieden leben, wenn es dem bösen Nachbarn nicht gefällt

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From Middle High German vrume, from Old High German fruma. Cognate with German fromm, Dutch vroom.

• IPA^(key): /fʀom/
  • Rhymes: -om

fromm (masculine frommen, neuter frommt, comparative méi fromm, superlative am frommsten)

1. pious, devout

fromm

1. religiously

From Middle High German vrume, from Old High German fruma, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *frumô, related to Dutch vroom (“pious”). Also compare German fromm, Old English from.

fromm

1. pious, devout
2. gentle, tractable (of animals)

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fromm

1. pious, devout, religious, godly