hamer

hamer

See also: Hamer

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch hamer, from Middle Dutch hāmer, from Old Dutch *hamar, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɑː.mər/, /ˈɦa.mər/

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Noun

hamer (plural hamers)

1. A hammer.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦaː.mər/

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• Hyphenation: ha‧mer
• Rhymes: -aːmər

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch hāmer, from Old Dutch *hamar, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz.

Noun

hamer m (plural hamers, diminutive hamertje n)

1. hammer

Derived terms

• hameren
• heksenhamer
• klauwhamer
• smidshamer
• strijdhamer

Descendants

• Afrikaans: hamer
• Berbice Creole Dutch: hambru
• Negerhollands: hammer, hambu
• → Caribbean Hindustani: hameri
• → Caribbean Javanese: amer, hamer
• → Munsee: hámul
• →? Sranan Tongo: amra
  • → Aukan: ambaa
  • → Saramaccan: hám, áma

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

hamer

1. first-person singular present indicative of hameren
2. imperative of hameren

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *hamar, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz.

Noun

hāmer m

1. A hammer.

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: hamer
• Limburgish: hamer, hammer

Further reading

• “hamer”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “hamer”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• hambyr, hamber, hammer, hammyr, hamur, hamowre, hambir, hamyr, hamere, homer

Etymology

From Old English hamor, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz; from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhamər/, /ˈhaːmər/
• (rare) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔmər/
• IPA^(key): /ˈhamər/, /ˈhayːmər/

Noun

hamer (plural hamers)

1. A hammer (tool for pressing nails inwards).
2. (figurative) A fierce individual; one with strong convictions or great force.
3. (rare) A doorknocker.

Derived terms

• hameren

Descendants

• English: hammer
  • Fiji Hindi: haamaa
• Scots: hamer, hammer, hemer, hemmer, haimmer

References

• “hamer, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-01.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Hammer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xâmer/
• Hyphenation: ha‧mer

Noun

hȁmer m (Cyrillic spelling ха̏мер)

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References

• “hamer” in Hrvatski jezični portal