fromm
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German vrume (“efficient, good, righteous”), derived from Old High German fruma (“benefit”).
The vocalism -o- could readily be explained as dialectal, but is already common in Middle High German. The commonest form in early modern German was frōm. Modern fromm is a variant with suppression of open-syllable lengthening (as commonly found before -m-). Related to Dutch vroom and Yiddish פֿרום (frum).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]fromm (strong nominative masculine singular frommer, comparative frömmer or frommer, superlative am frömmsten or am frommsten)
Usage notes
[edit]- In contemporary usage, fromm tends to be read as “observant of religious customs” rather than “steeped in faith and devotion”. It therefore may, but need not, have the negative overtone of “sanctimonious”.
Declension
[edit]number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist fromm | sie ist fromm | es ist fromm | sie sind fromm | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | frommer | fromme | frommes | fromme |
genitive | frommen | frommer | frommen | frommer | |
dative | frommem | frommer | frommem | frommen | |
accusative | frommen | fromme | frommes | fromme | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der fromme | die fromme | das fromme | die frommen |
genitive | des frommen | der frommen | des frommen | der frommen | |
dative | dem frommen | der frommen | dem frommen | den frommen | |
accusative | den frommen | die fromme | das fromme | die frommen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein frommer | eine fromme | ein frommes | (keine) frommen |
genitive | eines frommen | einer frommen | eines frommen | (keiner) frommen | |
dative | einem frommen | einer frommen | einem frommen | (keinen) frommen | |
accusative | einen frommen | eine fromme | ein frommes | (keine) frommen |
Derived terms
[edit]- frömmeln
- Frommheit
- frommherzig
- Frömmigkeit
- Es kann der Frömmste nicht in Frieden leben, wenn es dem bösen Nachbarn nicht gefällt
Further reading
[edit]Luxembourgish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German vrume, from Old High German fruma. Cognate with German fromm, Dutch vroom.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]fromm (masculine frommen, neuter frommt, comparative méi fromm, superlative am frommsten)
Declension
[edit]number and gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | hien ass fromm | si ass fromm | et ass fromm | si si(nn) fromm | |
nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | frommen | fromm | frommt | fromm |
independent without determiner | frommes | frommer | |||
dative | after any declined word | frommen | frommer | frommen | frommen |
as first declined word | frommem | frommem |
Pennsylvania German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German vrume, from Old High German fruma, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *frumô, related to Dutch vroom (“pious”). Also compare German fromm, Old English from.
Adjective
[edit]fromm
Plautdietsch
[edit]Etymology
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Adjective
[edit]fromm
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