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arm

adj · [aʁm] ·
Etymology

From Middle High German arm, from Old High German arm, 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.

Translation

  1. poor (having little money)
  2. poor (to be pitied)

    arm dran sein

    to have bad luck

    lieber arm dran als Arm ab

    better to have bad luck than to lose an arm [the play on words is lost in translation]

  3. low (having a small amount)

das Arm

noun · /arm/ ·
Etymology

From Middle High German arm, from Old High German arm, from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ermos, *h₂ŕ̥mos, an extension of *h₂er- (“to fit together, to link, to join”). Cognate with Dutch arm, English arm, Swedish arm. The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin armus and arma.

Translation

  1. an arm masculine, strong
  2. anything that resembles an arm; a sleeve figuratively, masculine, strong

    mit langem Arm

    long-sleeved (technical)

    sich die Arme hochkrempeln

    to roll up one's sleeves (informal)

  3. anything that resembles an arm; a long protusion on a device or machine, e.g. a lever figuratively, masculine, strong
  4. anything that resembles an arm; a branch, a section of a structure figuratively, masculine, strong
  5. anything that resembles an arm; an arm of a creek or a river figuratively, masculine, strong
  6. anything that resembles an arm; influence, might figuratively, masculine, strong

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominative Arm Arme
Accusative Arm Arme
Dative Arm Armen
Genitive Armes Arme