Amme

See also: amme, ammé, and ammë

German

Etymology

From Middle High German amme, from Old High German amma, from Proto-West Germanic *ammā, from Proto-Germanic *ammǭ (“mother”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.mə/

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Noun

Amme f (genitive Amme, plural Ammen)

1. wet nurse
2. (archaic or regional) nanny, grandmother, mother

Declension

Declension of Amme [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Amme	die	Ammen
genitive	einer	der	Amme	der	Ammen
dative	einer	der	Amme	den	Ammen
accusative	eine	die	Amme	die	Ammen

Derived terms

• Ammenmärchen
• Ammensprache

See also

• Hebamme

Further reading

• “Amme” in Duden online
• “Amme” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache