timmer
English
Noun
timmer (countable and uncountable, plural timmers)
- (Scotland) timber
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for timmer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Middle High German timber.
Adjective
timmer
- (Uri) dim, dark
Derived terms
- timmerig
- timmerchîdig
References
- Abegg, Emil (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 18.
- Staub, Friedrich und Tobler, Ludwig (1881), Schweizerisches Idiotikon - Band III [Swiss Dialect Idioticon (chidig)], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 149.
- Bachman, Albert und Groeger, Otto und Wanner, H (1913), Schweizerisches Idiotikon - Band XII, [Swiss Dialect Idioticon (Timmer, Zimmer)], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 1802.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɪmər/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɪmər
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch timmer, from Old Dutch *timmer, from Proto-West Germanic *timr, from Proto-Germanic *timrą, from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“build, house”).
Noun
timmer n or m (plural timmers, diminutive timmertje n)
- (archaic) building, construction
- (archaic) construction work
- (archaic) room, chamber
- Synonyms: kamer, vertrek, lokaal
- (archaic) act of building or carpentry
- (archaic) building material
Derived terms
- jufferentimmer
- maagdentimmer
- vrouwentimmer
Related terms
- getimmerte
- timmeren
- timmerman
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
timmer
- first-person singular present indicative of timmeren
- imperative of timmeren
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *timmer, from Proto-West Germanic *timr, from Proto-Germanic *timrą, from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“build, house”).
Noun
timmer n or m
- building, construction (especially of wood)
- act of building
- material that a building is built out of
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms
- timber
Derived terms
- timmeren
Descendants
- Dutch: timmer
- Limburgish: tömber, tömmer
Further reading
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “timmer (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse timbr.
Noun
timmer n
- timber, log to be used in construction
Declension
| Declension of timmer | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | timmer | timret | timmer | timren |
| Genitive | timmers | timrets | timmers | timrens |
Anagrams
- rimmet