Hamm
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English
Etymology
- As an English and German surname, from hamm (“enclosure, land by a stream”).
- Also as a German surname, from Hamm in Westphalia, itself from a Low German derivative of Proto-Germanic *hammō (“corner, hollow, bend”), used in the sense "river bend," similar to Hamburg.
Proper noun
Hamm
- An English topographic surname for someone who lived in an area of flat land near a river; or a habitational name from several places with the same name in southern England.
- A city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Anagrams
East Central German
Etymology
Noun
Hamm
Related terms
Further reading
- 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 57:
German
Etymology
From Middle Low German ham, hamm (“land enclosed by a river”); cognate with Old English hamm (“enclosure”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Hamm m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Hamms or (with an article) Hamm, feminine genitive Hamm, plural Hamms)
Proper noun
Hamm n (proper noun, genitive Hamms or (optionally with an article) Hamm)