Ammer

== Czech == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈamɛr] === Proper noun === Ammer m anim (female equivalent Ammerová) a male surname ==== Declension ==== == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈamɐ/ Rhymes: -amɐ === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German amer, from Old High German amaro, clipped from an assumed compound *amarofogal, from Old High German amar (“spelt, emmer”) for its preferred food. See Emmer. ==== Noun ==== Ammer f (genitive Ammer, plural Ammern) or Ammer (alternatively in technical usage) m (mixed, genitive Ammers, plural Ammern) (ornithology) bunting (Emberiza) (type of songbird) ===== Declension ===== or ===== Hyponyms ===== ===== Related terms ===== Ämmerling, Emmerling, Hämmerling ==== Further reading ==== “Ammer” in Duden online “Ammer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache === Etymology 2 === ==== Proper noun ==== die Ammer f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Ammer) a left tributary of the Neckar in Baden-Württemberg, Germany a left tributary of the Isar in southern Bavaria, Germany, called the Amper below the Ammersee ===== Declension ===== ==== Further reading ==== “Ammer” in Duden online === Etymology 3 === ==== Proper noun ==== Ammer m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Ammers or (with an article) Ammer, feminine genitive Ammer, plural Ammers or Ammer) a surname ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 4 === Borrowed from Latin amārus (“sour”). ==== Noun ==== Ammer f (genitive Ammer, plural Ammern) (obsolete) sour cherry ===== Declension ===== ==== Further reading ==== “Ammer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache === Etymology 5 === Inherited from Old High German amar. ==== Noun ==== Ammer m (strong, genitive Ammers, no plural) (obsolete) emmer (type of wheat) Synonym: (modern word) Emmer ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 6 === Inherited from Old High German eimurrā, eimuriā. ==== Noun ==== Ammer f (genitive Ammer, plural Ammern) (obsolete) ember ===== Declension ===== ==== Further reading ==== “Ammer” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.