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Arm.

an arm

3 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/arm/[ʔaʁm][ʔaɐ̯m][ʔaːm]
  1. an arm

    masculine · strong
  2. anything that resembles an arm a sleeve

    figuratively · masculine · strong
    mit langem Arm
    sich die Arme hochkrempeln
  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
Where this word comes from

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, Yiddish אָרעם (orem). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin armus and arma.

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