Schramme

German

Etymology

From Middle High German schramme, schramm, cognate to Middle Dutch scramme, Dutch schram (“scratch”), Old Norse skrāma (“wound”), Swedish skråma (“scratch”). Possibly related to Middle Irish screm, Welsh cramen (“crust”), Russian крома́ (kromá, “crust”), Latvian kri̇̀mst, Lithuanian krim̃sti (“to gnaw”).

Noun

Schramme f (genitive Schramme, plural Schrammen)

  1. graze; scratch

References
  • “Schramme” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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