Feminine

Wamme

Meaning

Concepts

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

Basel-Landschaft

lämpe

Basel-Landschaft

wampe

Basel-Landschaft

wämpe

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈvamə/

Inherited from Middle High German

Inherited from Old High German

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.