stramm
German
Etymology
From Middle Low German stram. Cognate with Dutch stram (possibly also from Low German). Further origin uncertain.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃtʁam/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -am
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.