Memme

Memme

See also: memme

German

Etymology

    From Middle High German memme.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈmɛmə]
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
    • Hyphenation: Mem‧me

    Noun

    Memme f (genitive Memme, plural Memmen)

    1. breast
    2. (derogatory) sissy, coward
      • 1800, August Wilhelm Schlegel, transl., König Heinrich der Vierte, Erster Teil‎[1], translation of Henry IV, Part 1 by William Shakespeare, [Act II, scene iv]:
        Hol' die Pest alle feigen Memmen, und das Wetter obendrein! Ja und Amen! – Gib mir ein Glas Sekt, Junge!
        A plague of all cowards, I say, and a vengeance too, marry and amen! Give me a cup of sack, boy.

    Declension

    Declension of Memme [feminine]
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative eine die Memme die Memmen
    genitive einer der Memme der Memmen
    dative einer der Memme den Memmen
    accusative eine die Memme die Memmen

    Further reading

    • “Memme” in Duden online
    • “Memme”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German)
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