arm

Meaning

  1. poor (having little money)
  2. poor (to be pitied)
  3. low (having a small amount)

Frequency

A2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

aarm

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
[aʁm]
Etymology

In summary

From Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erH- (“to be sparse”) or alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ-, whence English orphan. Cognate with Old English earm.

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