stammer

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See also: Stammer and stämmer

English

Etymology

From Middle English stameren, from Old English stamerian, from Proto-West Germanic *stamrōn, from Proto-Germanic *stamrōną (“to stammer”). Compare German stammeln, Dutch stameren, Old Norse stammr. Doublet of stumble.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈstæmə/
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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈstæmɚ/
  • Rhymes: -æmə(ɹ)

Verb

stammer (third-person singular simple present stammers, present participle stammering, simple past and past participle stammered)

  1. (intransitive) To keep repeating a particular sound involuntarily during speech.
    Synonyms: (chiefly Britain, dialectal, archaic) hacker, stutter
  2. (transitive) To utter with a stammer, or with timid hesitancy.
    He blushed, and stammered a few words of apology.

Translations

Noun

stammer (plural stammers)

  1. The involuntary repetition of a sound in speech.
    She said goodbye in a stammer.
  2. A speech defect whereby someone speaks with a stammer

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Danish

Noun

stammer c

  1. indefinite plural of stamme

Verb

stammer

  1. present of stamme

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

stammer m

  1. indefinite plural of stamme

Verb

stammer

  1. present tense of stamme

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

stammer m or f

  1. indefinite feminine plural of stamme
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