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Swedish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish iæmber, from Middle Low German jammer, ultimately onomatopoeic. Cognate of German Jammer, English yammer.
Noun
jämmer c or n
- noise like from mourning or pain; lamentation, whimpering, wailing
Jämmer och elände- Lamentation and misery (Doom and gloom)
- (figurative) moaning, lamentation (complaining)
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