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arm.

poor (having little money)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

adj[aʁm]
  1. poor (having little money)

  2. poor (to be pitied)

    arm dran sein
    lieber arm dran als Arm ab
  3. low (having a small amount)

Where this word comes from

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.

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