Feminin

Wamme

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. (feminine) dewlap (hanging skin on certain animals, such as cattle)
  2. (alt-of, alternative, feminine, uncommon) alternative form of Wampe (“potbelly”)

Dialekte

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

lämpe

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

wampe

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

wämpe

Daten bereitgestellt von: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈvamə/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Middle High German wambe, from Old High German wamba, from Proto-Germanic *wambō. Cognate with English womb. Wamme shows the normal Standard German development -mb- → -mm-, whereas the variant Wampe has an Upper German consonantism. The two are now usually distinguished semantically: Wamme referring to animals, Wampe to people in colloquial use.

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