Feminine

Amme

  1. (feminine) wet nurse
  2. (archaic, dialectal, feminine) nanny, grandmother, mother

Frequency

C2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

saiglamm

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈa.mə/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German amme, from Old High German amma, from Proto-West Germanic *ammā, from Proto-Germanic *ammǭ (“mother”).

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