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Damm.

embankment

4 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/dam/
  1. embankment

    masculine · strong
  2. perineum

    masculine · strong
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German tamm. Probably via Old High German *tamm from Proto-West Germanic *damm, from Proto-Germanic *dammaz, though it is sometimes considered a later back-formation from the verb dämmen. The modern consonantism is Central and Low German (compare Middle Low German dam).

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