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

German

Picture dictionary

Arm

Schulter

Oberarm

Ellbogen

Unterarm

Handgelenk

Hand

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Glied

Glied

Alternative forms

• Armb (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German arm, from Old High German arm, from Proto-West Germanic *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): /arm/, [ʔaʁm], [ʔaɐ̯m], [ʔaːm]

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• Homophones: arm (general), ahm (some speakers)

Noun

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

1. (anatomy) an arm
2. (figurative) anything that resembles an arm
   1. (textiles, technical use or informal) a sleeve

      Synonym: Ärmel

      mit langem Arm ― long-sleeved (technical)

      sich die Arme hochkrempeln ― to roll up one's sleeves (informal)

   2. a long protusion on a device or machine, e.g. a lever
   3. a branch, a section of a structure

      Synonyms: Zweig, Filiale, Branche

   4. (geography) an arm of a creek or a river
   5. influence, might

Declension

Declension of Arm [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Arm	die	Arme
genitive	eines	des	Armes, Arms	der	Arme
dative	einem	dem	Arm, Arme1	den	Armen
accusative	einen	den	Arm	die	Arme

¹Now rare, see notes.

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 Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Arm” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Arm” in Duden online