rammdösig
German
editEtymology
editUncertain. Usually cited as being from Ramme dösig, i.e. "drowsy or dizzy as a ram or sheep". Alternatively, possibly from German Low German rammdösig (“dazed, disoriented, stunned, confused”), from German Low German rammen (“to ram”) dösig (“dizzy, dazed, stupified”), from Middle Low German dȫsich (“dizzy, dazed”), probably after the notion of a ram being dazed from being headbutted by another ram, or of someone being dazed and confused after being knocked.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈʁamˌdøːzɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈʁamˌdøːzɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ramm‧dö‧sig
Adjective
editrammdösig (strong nominative masculine singular rammdösiger, comparative rammdösiger, superlative am rammdösigsten)
Declension
editPositive forms of rammdösig
Comparative forms of rammdösig
Superlative forms of rammdösig
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