klamm
Appearance
See also: Klamm
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German klam (“narrow, tight, solid”), from Old High German klam, from or related to Proto-West Germanic *klaimijan (“to smear with clay”).
The modern sense is chiefly Central and Low German (Middle Low German klam). Cognate with Dutch klam. Also related with English clammy.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]klamm (strong nominative masculine singular klammer, comparative klammer, superlative am klammsten)
- clammy, damp, unpleasantly moist (e.g. of fabrics, the air in a room)
- Synonym: feucht
- (of body parts) cold
- cash-strapped
- Synonym: blank
- 2010, Der Spiegel[1], number 40/2010, page 44:
- Aus Mitleid füllte die Filialleiterin einer Bank die Konten klammer Kunden mit Millionen Euro auf. Das Geld buchte sie von den Guthaben vermögender Sparer ab.
- Out of compassion, the branch manager of a bank filled the accounts of cash-strapped clients with millions of euros. She debited the money from the balances of wealthy savers.
- 2024 March 20, Cornelius Dieckmann, “Wie klamm ist Donald Trump?”, in Der Spiegel[2], →ISSN:
- Wie klamm ist Donald Trump? [title]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “klamm” in Duden online
Luxembourgish
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[edit]Verb
[edit]klamm
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