Hammer

== English == === Etymology === Shortened West Ham +‎ -er, with a pun on hammer. === Noun === Hammer (plural Hammers) (soccer) someone connected with West Ham Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc. === Proper noun === Hammer A surname. === Derived terms === === Statistics === According to the 2010 United States Census, Hammer is the 1,661st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 21,709 individuals. Hammer is most common among White (92.82%) individuals. == Danish == === Proper noun === Hammer a surname from English == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhamɐ/ Rhymes: -amɐ === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German hamer, from Old High German hamar, from Proto-West Germanic *hamar, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”). Compare Low German Hamer, Dutch hamer, English hammer, West Frisian hammer, Danish hammer, Swedish hammare. ==== Noun ==== Hammer m (strong, genitive Hammers, plural Hämmer or Hammer, diminutive Hämmerchen n or Hämmerlein n) hammer, mallet Synonym: (regional) Mottek (informal) sensation, something extraordinary (be it positive or negative) (sports) a hard shot, slam ===== Usage notes ===== The unchanged plural Hammer is usual (perhaps even predominant) in the figurative senses 2 and 3. It also occurs in the concrete sense “hammer”, but this may be considered nonstandard. ===== Declension ===== ===== Hyponyms ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Hamm +‎ -er. ==== Noun ==== Hammer m (strong, genitive Hammers, plural Hammer, feminine Hammerin) someone from the city of Hamm ===== Declension ===== ==== Adjective ==== Hammer (indeclinable, no predicative form) (relational) of Hamm ===== Usage notes ===== Words like this are considered indeclinable adjectives, as noted by Duden, DWDS and other modern German references, but are capitalized because they originated as genitive plurals of substantives. See -er for more. === Further reading === “Hammer” in Duden online “Hammer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Pennsylvania German == === Etymology === From Middle High German hamer, from Old High German hamar. Compare German Hammer, Dutch hamer, English hammer. === Noun === Hammer m (plural Hammer, second plural Hemmer) hammer