Arm

See also: arm, Arms, ARM, ärm, Ärm, and Arm.

English

Adjective

Arm

Abbreviation of Armenian.

Anagrams

-mar-, AMR, MAR, MRA, Mar, Mar., RAM, RMA, Ram, mar, mar-, ram

German

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Schulter

Oberarm

Ellbogen

Unterarm

Handgelenk

Hand

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Glied

Alternative forms

Armb (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old High German arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ermos, *h₂ŕ̥mos, an extension of *h₂er- (“to fit together, to link, to join”). Cognate with Dutch arm, English arm, Swedish arm.

The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin armus and arma.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /(ʔ)aʁm/ (standard)
IPA^(key): /(ʔ)aːm/ (widespread, esp. northern and central Germany)
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Noun

Arm m (genitive Armes or Arms, plural Arme, diminutive Ärmchen n or Ärmlein n)

(anatomy) an arm
(textiles) a sleeve
anything that resembles an arm (for example parts of a device, machine, etc.)
(geography) an arm of a creek or a river
(figuratively) a branch, a section of a structure

Declension

Declension of Arm

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Arm	die	Arme
genitive	eines	des	Armes, Arms	der	Arme
dative	einem	dem	Arm, Arme¹	den	Armen
accusative	einen	den	Arm	die	Arme

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Synonyms

(sleeve): Ärmel m
(branch): Branche f, Zweig m, Filiale f

Derived terms

Armband
Armbbinde
Armbeuge
Armbewegung
Armbruch
Armbrust
armdick
Ärmel
Armfüßler
Armgelenk
Armhaltung
Armknochen
armlang
Armlehne
Armleuchter
armlos
Armmuskel
Armmuskulatur
Armprothese
Armreif
Armring
Armschützer
Armvene
Armverletzung
die Arme in die Hüfte stemmen, die Arme in die Seite stemmen
Oberarm
Unterarm
Vorderarm

Arm