Arm

See also: arm, Arms, ARM, ärm, Ärm, and Arm.

English

Adjective

Arm

1. Abbreviation of Armenian.

Anagrams

• -mar-, AMR, MAR, MRA, Mar, Mar., RAM, RMA, Ram, mar, mar-, ram

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German

Picture dictionary

Arm

Schulter

Oberarm

Ellbogen

Unterarm

Handgelenk

Hand

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Glied

Glied

Alternative forms

• Armb (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old High German arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ermos, *h₂ŕ̥mos, an extension of *h₂er- (“to fit together, to link, to join”). Cognate with Dutch arm, English arm, Swedish arm.

The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin armus and arma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(ʔ)aʁm/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /(ʔ)aːm/ (widespread, esp. northern and central Germany)

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Noun

Arm m (genitive Armes or Arms, plural Arme, diminutive Ärmchen n or Ärmlein n)

1. (anatomy) an arm
2. (textiles) a sleeve
3. anything that resembles an arm (for example parts of a device, machine, etc.)
4. (geography) an arm of a creek or a river
5. (figuratively) a branch, a section of a structure

Synonyms

• (sleeve): Ärmel m
• (branch): Branche f, Zweig m, Filiale f

Derived terms

• Armband
• Armbbinde
• Armbeuge
• Armbewegung
• Armbruch
• Armbrust
• armdick
• Ärmel
• Armfüßler
• Armgelenk
• Armhaltung
• Armknochen
• armlang
• Armlehne
• Armleuchter
• armlos
• Armmuskel
• Armmuskulatur
• Armprothese
• Armreif
• Armring
• Armschützer
• Armvene
• Armverletzung
• die Arme in die Hüfte stemmen, die Arme in die Seite stemmen
• Oberarm
• Unterarm
• Vorderarm

 

See also

• Körper m

Further reading

• “Arm” in Duden online