stram
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
stram (third-person singular simple present strams, present participle stramming, simple past and past participle strammed)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “stram”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
References[edit]
- Wright, Joseph (1904) The English Dialect Dictionary[1], volume 5, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 803
Anagrams[edit]
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Low German stram.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
stram
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of stram | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | stram | strammere | strammest2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | stramt | strammere | strammest2 |
Plural | stramme | strammere | strammest2 |
Definite attributive1 | stramme | strammere | strammeste |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
Verb[edit]
stram
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
stram (comparative strammer, superlative stramst)
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of stram | ||||
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uninflected | stram | |||
inflected | stramme | |||
comparative | strammer | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | stram | strammer | het stramst het stramste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | stramme | strammere | stramste |
n. sing. | stram | strammer | stramste | |
plural | stramme | strammere | stramste | |
definite | stramme | strammere | stramste | |
partitive | strams | strammers | — |
Derived terms[edit]
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Verb[edit]
stram
Swedish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Adjective[edit]
stram (comparative stramare, superlative stramast)
- tense, taut, tight
- ett stramt koppel
- a tight leash
- en stram budget
- a tight budget
- en stram honnör
- a stiff salute
- (figuratively) strict, curt (of manners or the like)
- en stram min
- an austere look on someone's face
Declension[edit]
Inflection of stram | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | stram | stramare | stramast |
Neuter singular | stramt | stramare | stramast |
Plural | strama | stramare | stramast |
Masculine plural3 | strame | stramare | stramast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | strame | stramare | stramaste |
All | strama | stramare | stramaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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- Rhymes:Dutch/ɑm
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɑm/1 syllable
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