"Gram" meaning in German

See Gram in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ɡʁaːm/ Audio: De-Gram.ogg Forms: Grams [genitive]
Rhymes: -aːm Etymology: From Middle High German gram (“displeasure, anger”), from Old High German *gramo, from Proto-Germanic *gramô (“anger”). Cognate with English grame. Akin also to Old Norse gramr (“wroth”) (whence the name of the sword), French and English chagrin. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|gram|t=displeasure, anger}} Middle High German gram (“displeasure, anger”), {{inh|de|goh|*gramo}} Old High German *gramo, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*gramô|t=anger}} Proto-Germanic *gramô (“anger”), {{cog|en|grame}} English grame, {{cog|non|gramr||wroth}} Old Norse gramr (“wroth”), {{cog|en|chagrin}} English chagrin Head templates: {{de-proper noun|n}} Gram n (proper noun, strong, genitive Grams)
  1. (Norse mythology) A magical sword that Sigurd used to kill the dragon Fafnir. Wikidata QID: Q1044686 Tags: Norse, neuter, proper-noun, strong Synonyms: Balmung, Nothung
    Sense id: en-Gram-de-name-de:Q1044686 Categories (other): Norse mythology, Pages with entries, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 6 29 9 38 3 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences

Noun

IPA: /ɡʁaːm/ Audio: De-Gram.ogg
Rhymes: -aːm Etymology: From Middle High German gram (“displeasure, anger”), from Old High German *gramo, from Proto-Germanic *gramô (“anger”). Cognate with English grame. Akin also to Old Norse gramr (“wroth”) (whence the name of the sword), French and English chagrin. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|gram|t=displeasure, anger}} Middle High German gram (“displeasure, anger”), {{inh|de|goh|*gramo}} Old High German *gramo, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*gramô|t=anger}} Proto-Germanic *gramô (“anger”), {{cog|en|grame}} English grame, {{cog|non|gramr||wroth}} Old Norse gramr (“wroth”), {{cog|en|chagrin}} English chagrin Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s.sg}} Gram m (strong, genitive Grames or Grams, no plural) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s.sg}} Forms: Grames [genitive], Grams [genitive], masculine strong [table-tags], Gram [nominative, singular], Grames [genitive, singular], Grams [genitive, singular], Gram [dative, singular], Grame [dative, singular], Gram [accusative, singular]
  1. grief Tags: masculine, no-plural, strong Derived forms: grämlich, gramvoll
    Sense id: en-Gram-de-noun-YxRaj7Tw

Inflected forms

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