stammer

== 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/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈstæmɚ/ Rhymes: -æmə(ɹ) === Verb === stammer (third-person singular simple present stammers, present participle stammering, simple past and past participle stammered) (intransitive) To keep repeating a particular sound involuntarily during speech. Synonyms: (chiefly Britain, dialectal, archaic) hacker, stutter (transitive) To utter with a stammer, or with timid hesitancy. 1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xi: ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === stammer (plural stammers) The involuntary repetition of a sound in speech. A speech defect whereby someone speaks with a stammer ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “stammer”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. === Anagrams === stremma == Danish == === Etymology === From stamme +‎ -er. === Noun === stammer c (singular definite stammeren, plural indefinite stammere) stutterer ==== Declension ==== === Noun === stammer c indefinite plural of stamme === Verb === stammer present of stamme === References === “stammer” in Den Danske Ordbog == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === stammer m indefinite plural of stamme === Verb === stammer present tense of stamme == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === stammar === Noun === stammer m or f indefinite feminine plural of stamme