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== English == === Etymology === From Icelandic himbrimi (“surf roarer”). === Noun === immer (plural immers) A bird in genus Gavia. ==== Derived terms ==== Gavia immer === References === immer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Gavia immer on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Gavia immer on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch immer (“always”), from Old Dutch iomer (“always”). From ie (“always”) +‎ meer (“more”). Related to ieder, iemand, iets, ooit. Cognate with German immer, German Low German immer, ümmer, jümmer, jümmers. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɪmər === Adverb === immer (formal) always Synonyms: altijd, altoos ==== Derived terms ==== immers ==== See also ==== eeuwig voorgoed == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German iemer (also imer, immer), from Old High German iomēr (“always”). From io (“always”) +‎ mēr (“more”). Cognate with Dutch immer, German Low German immer, ümmer, jümmer, jümmers, Middle English a mare, aa mare (“evermore”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɪmɐ/ Rhymes: -ɪmɐ === Adverb === immer always at all times without exception very often; all the time; constantly every time; whenever some precondition is given (with comparative) to a greater degree over time, more and more Es wird immer kälter. ― It's getting colder and colder. (colloquial, unstressed) used to emphasize another adverb of time, which itself is stressed Er kommt immer nie pünktlich. ― He’s never on time. Ich bin oft immer sehr vergesslich. ― I’m often very forgetful. Manchmal hab ich immer das Gefühl, dass... ― Sometimes I get the feeling that... ==== Synonyms ==== (at all times): stets (but somewhat uncommon in this sense); allzeit (dated, poetic) (very often): stets (formal); dauernd; ständig; immerzu (every time): stets (formal); jedes Mal ==== Derived terms ==== immer gleich immer noch immer wieder immer wenn === See also === === Further reading === “immer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache Friedrich Kluge (1883), “immer”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891 == German Low German == === Alternative forms === ümmer, jümmer, jümber, jümmers (der neue Sass) === Etymology === From Middle Low German immer, imber, iemmer, jummer, iemer, imer, from Old Saxon iomēr, eomēr, equivalent to je +‎ mehr. === Adverb === immer always; forever ==== Synonyms ==== alltied (cognate with German: allzeit, allezeit) === References === Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster) == Hunsrik == === Etymology === From Middle High German immer, iemer, imer, from Old High German iomēr (“always”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *aiwaz (“long time”) + *maiz (“more”). Related to Dutch immer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈima/ Rhymes: -ima Syllabification: im‧mer === Adverb === immer always === Further reading === Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “immer”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch == Middle Dutch == === Adverb === immer alternative form of emmer == Yao (South America) == === Noun === immer mother ==== Usage notes ==== Kinship terminology in Cariban languages functions very differently from that in Indo-European languages. For this reason, it is unclear if the recorded meaning of this word ‘mother’ accurately reflects the meaning in the original language. === Further reading === de Laet, Johannes (1633) Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 642