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English
Proper noun
Gram
- A surname.
- A town in Denmark
- (US) A male given name Alternative form of Graham
Proper noun
the Gram
- (informal) Clipping of Instagram.
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German
Etymology
From Middle High German gram (“displeasure, anger”), from Old High German *gramo, from Proto-Germanic *gramô (“anger”). Cognate with English grame. Akin also to Old Norse gramr (“wroth”), French and English chagrin.
Pronunciation
Noun
Gram m (strong, genitive Grames or Grams, no plural)
- grief
Nach dem Tode seiner Geliebten raffte ihn der Gram bald hinweg.- After the death of his beloved, grief soon killed him.
Vielleicht ist sie gestorben aus Gram über den Verlust ihres einzigen Kindes.- Perhaps she died of grief over the loss of her only child.
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Further reading
- “Gram” in Duden online
- “Gram” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache