Lemma
See also: lemma
English
Proper noun
Lemma
- A female given name
Anagrams
- melam
German
Etymology
From the Latin lemma, from the Ancient Greek λῆμμᾰ (lêmma).
Pronunciation
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Noun
Lemma n (genitive Lemmas, plural Lemmata)
- lemma, headword
- (mathematics) lemma (proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition)
Declension
Declension of Lemma
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | das | Lemma | die | Lemmata |
| genitive | eines | des | Lemmas | der | Lemmata |
| dative | einem | dem | Lemma | den | Lemmata |
| accusative | ein | das | Lemma | die | Lemmata |
Synonyms
- (mathematics): Hilfssatz
Derived terms
- Lemmagruppe f
- Lemmaliste f
- Lemmalücke f
Further reading
- Lemma in Duden online