Lemma

See also: lemma

English

Proper noun

Lemma

A female given name

Anagrams

melam

German

Etymology

From the Latin lemma, from the Ancient Greek λῆμμᾰ (lêmma).

Noun

Lemma n (genitive Lemmas, plural Lemmata)

lemma, headword
(mathematics) lemma (proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition)

Declension

Declension of Lemma

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Lemma	die	Lemmata
genitive	eines	des	Lemmas	der	Lemmata
dative	einem	dem	Lemma	den	Lemmata
accusative	ein	das	Lemma	die	Lemmata

Synonyms

(mathematics): Hilfssatz

Derived terms

Lemmagruppe f
Lemmaliste f
Lemmalücke f

Further reading

Lemma in Duden online

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