-gramm

German

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma, “written character, letter, that which is drawn”), from γράφω (gráphō, “to scratch, to scrape, to graze”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁam/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Suffix

-gramm n (strong, genitive -grammes or -gramms, plural -gramme)

1. -gram

Declension

Declension of -gramm [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	-gramm	die	-gramme
genitive	eines	des	-grammes, -gramms	der	-gramme
dative	einem	dem	-gramm, -gramme1	den	-grammen
accusative	ein	das	-gramm	die	-gramme

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

German terms suffixed with -gramm

Aerogramm

Anagramm

Barogramm

Christogramm

Kardiogramm

Meteorogramm

Phlebogramm

Psychogramm

Further reading

• “-gramm”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “-gramm” in Duden online