zåmm-
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Bavarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]zåmm in compounds.
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]zåmm-
- Separable verb prefix that indicates togetherness and company; together
- Separable verb prefix that indicates combining, joining; together
- Separable verb prefix that indicates congruence; together
- Separable verb prefix that indicates collecting, piling, heaping up:
- Indicates collecting, piling; up
- zåmm- + klaubn (“to pick up”) → zåmmklaubn (“to gather up”)
- zåmm- + zöhn (“to count”) → zåmmzöhn (“to count up”)
- zåmm- + schreibn (“to write”) → zåmmschreibn (“to write up, to compile”)
- Indicates a large quantity of something; often derogatory
- zåmm- + scheißn (“to shit”) → zåmmscheißn (“to shit in large quantities”)
- zåmm- + fressn (“to stuff oneself”) → zåmmfressn (“to eat in large quantities, to gorge on food”)
- Indicates collecting, piling; up
- Separable verb prefix that indicates incompetence, low quality, foolishness; usually derogatory
- zåmm- + schreibn (“to write”) → zåmmschreibn (“to write up something of low quality, to dash off”)
- zåmm- + schuastern (“to cobble”) → zåmmschuastern (“to cobble together”)
- zåmm- + draman (“to dream”) → zåmmdraman (“to dream something up”)
- zåmm- + redn (“to talk”) → zåmmredn (“to talk nonsense”)
- Separable verb prefix that indicates reduction of size; up
- Separable verb prefix that indicates destruction:
- Indicates the collapse of a structure or a person; down
- zåmm- + foin (“to fall”) → zåmmfoin (“to fall down, to collapse”)
- zåmm- + brecha (“to break”) → zåmmbrecha (“to break down, to collapse”)
- Indicates a destructive motion against an object (literally only) or a person (both literally and figuratively)
- zåmm- + haun (“to beat”) → zåmmhaun (“to beat up a person”)
- zåmm- + haun (“to beat”) → zåmmhaun (“to smash, to break an object”)
- zåmm- + fiarn (“to drive someone”) → zåmmfiarn (“to drive over someone”)
- zåmm- + scheißn (“to shit”) → zåmmscheißn (“to give someone shit, to bollock someone”)
- Indicates the collapse of a structure or a person; down