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arm

German, adjective

arm is spelled A-R-M (3 letters) and appears 55 times per million words in written German, the 1,550th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arm is a German adjective meaning “poor (having little money)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Arm is a different word: “an arm”. On this page, arm. is a different word: “abbreviation of armenisch (“Armenian”)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mittellos, kein Geld besitzend”.

What does arm mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    poor (having little money)

  2. 2

    poor (to be pitied)

    arm dran sein

  3. 3

    low (having a small amount)

noun

as Arm
  1. 1

    masculinean arm

  2. 2

    masculinea sleeve

  3. 3

    masculinea long protusion on a device or machine, e.g. a lever

  4. 4

    masculinea branch, a section of a structure

  5. 5

    masculinean arm of a creek or a river

  6. 6

    masculineinfluence, might

suffix

as -arm
  1. 1

    -poor, not having much of

adjective

as arm.
  1. 1

    abbreviation of armenisch (“Armenian”)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ein paariger Körperteil bei Primaten, der sich zwischen Rumpf und Hand befindet; Vordergliedmaße 2. Vorderextremität von Säugetieren zum Ergreifen und Festhalten von Gegenständen 3. als Greiforgan dienender Tentakel wirbelloser Tiere 4. Bau- oder Bestandteile, die in der Form einem Arm ähneln

adjective: 1. mittellos, kein Geld besitzend 2. Mitleid erregend, in einer schlimmen/bedauernswerten Lage sein 3. gering ausgestattet mit etwas; über wenig Ressourcen verfügend

suffix: 1. bei Substantiven: 2. vom im vorangestellten Basiswort Genannten nur wenig besitzend, nur geringe Mengen enthaltend 3. vom im vorangestellten Basiswort Genannten nur wenig hervorrufend, nur geringe Mengen produzierend 4. bei Verben/Verbstämmen:

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of arm

  • armer masculine nominative singular
  • ärmer comparative
  • am ärmsten superlative
  • arme feminine nominative singular
  • armes neuter nominative singular
  • armen genitive masculine singular
  • armem dative masculine singular
  • der arme definite includes-article masculine
  • die arme definite feminine includes-article
  • das arme definite includes-article neuter
  • die armen definite includes-article nominative
  • des armen definite genitive includes-article
  • der armen definite feminine genitive
  • dem armen dative definite includes-article
  • Ärmchen diminutive
  • Ärmlein diminutive
  • Arme nominative plural
  • Arms genitive singular

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to arm

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is arm in German?

arm appears 55 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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