jammer

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From jam +‎ -er.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒæmɚ/

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• Rhymes: -æmə(ɹ)

jammer (plural jammers)

1. Any device used to jam radio reception.
2. A musician who jams.
3. A device (e.g. a jumar) which will slide along a rope in one direction but not the other, used in rock-climbing, caving etc.
4. (roller derby) A player who attempts to score points by making their way past other players.

• Animal Jammer
• windjammer

• djammer (Cape Afrikaans)

From Dutch jammer, from Middle Dutch jammer, from Old Dutch iamer, from Proto-Germanic *jēmaraz (“miserable, sorrowful”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈja.mər/

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jammer

1. sorry

jammer (attributive jammer, not comparable)

1. sorry, regretful

From Old Danish iæmber. Borrowed from Middle Low German jammer. A nominalization from Old High German jāmar (“sorrow”), from Proto-Germanic *jēmaraz (“miserable, sorrowful”). Cognate with Old English ġeōmor

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jammer c (singular definite jammeren, not used in plural form)

1. (sometimes derogatory) (to express) sorrow, dissatisfaction (in the form of lamentations, complaints etc.).

   Synonym: klage

2. pitiful, sad condition or state of something.

   Synonyms: ynk, elendighed

• jammerlig
• jammerhyl
• jammerskrig
• jammerklage

• “jammer” in Den Danske Ordbog

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɑ.mər/

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• Hyphenation: jam‧mer
• Rhymes: -ɑmər

From Middle Dutch jammer, from Old Dutch iāmer, from Proto-Germanic *jēmaraz (“miserable, sorrowful”).

jammer

1. too bad, unfortunately

• helaas

jammer (comparative jammerder, superlative jammerst)

1. unfortunate, sad
2. (used predicatively) too bad, a pity

• Afrikaans: jammer
• Negerhollands: jammer, jamer
• → Caribbean Javanese: yamer

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

jammer

1. inflection of jammeren:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

• IPA^(key): /dʒa.me/

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jammer

1. (music, notably jazz) to jam; have a jam session

   Synonym: bœuffer

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jammer

1. inflection of jammern:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative