From Middle Low German stram. Cognate with Dutch stram (possibly also from Low German). Further origin uncertain.
stramm (strong nominative masculine singular strammer, comparative strammer, superlative am strammsten)
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist stramm | sie ist stramm | es ist stramm | sie sind stramm | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | strammer | stramme | strammes | stramme |
genitive | strammen | strammer | strammen | strammer | |
dative | strammem | strammer | strammem | strammen | |
accusative | strammen | stramme | strammes | stramme | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der stramme | die stramme | das stramme | die strammen |
genitive | des strammen | der strammen | des strammen | der strammen | |
dative | dem strammen | der strammen | dem strammen | den strammen | |
accusative | den strammen | die stramme | das stramme | die strammen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein strammer | eine stramme | ein strammes | (keine) strammen |
genitive | eines strammen | einer strammen | eines strammen | (keiner) strammen | |
dative | einem strammen | einer strammen | einem strammen | (keinen) strammen | |
accusative | einen strammen | eine stramme | ein strammes | (keine) strammen |
Borrowed from German stramm. The figurative sense developed in Prussian military language.[1]
stramm (comparative strammabb, superlative legstrammabb)
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | stramm | strammok |
accusative | strammot | strammokat |
dative | strammnak | strammoknak |
instrumental | strammal | strammokkal |
causal-final | strammért | strammokért |
translative | strammá | strammokká |
terminative | strammig | strammokig |
essive-formal | strammként | strammokként |
essive-modal | strammul | — |
inessive | strammban | strammokban |
superessive | strammon | strammokon |
adessive | strammnál | strammoknál |
illative | strammba | strammokba |
sublative | strammra | strammokra |
allative | strammhoz | strammokhoz |
elative | strammból | strammokból |
delative | strammról | strammokról |
ablative | strammtól | strammoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
strammé | strammoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
stramméi | strammokéi |
or less commonly
Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | stramm | strammak |
accusative | strammot | strammakat |
dative | strammnak | strammaknak |
instrumental | strammal | strammakkal |
causal-final | strammért | strammakért |
translative | strammá | strammakká |
terminative | strammig | strammakig |
essive-formal | strammként | strammakként |
essive-modal | strammul | — |
inessive | strammban | strammakban |
superessive | strammon | strammakon |
adessive | strammnál | strammaknál |
illative | strammba | strammakba |
sublative | strammra | strammakra |
allative | strammhoz | strammakhoz |
elative | strammból | strammakból |
delative | strammról | strammakról |
ablative | strammtól | strammaktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
strammé | strammaké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
stramméi | strammakéi |