Memme
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See also: memme
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German memme.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Memme f (genitive Memme, plural Memmen)
- breast
- (derogatory) sissy, coward
- 1800, August Wilhelm Schlegel, transl., König Heinrich der Vierte, Erster Teil[1], translation of Henry IV, Part 1 by William Shakespeare, [Act II, scene iv]:
- Hol' die Pest alle feigen Memmen, und das Wetter obendrein! Ja und Amen! – Gib mir ein Glas Sekt, Junge!
- A plague of all cowards, I say, and a vengeance too, marry and amen! Give me a cup of sack, boy.
Declension[edit]
Declension of Memme [feminine]