stammer

See also: Stammer and stämmer

English

Etymology

From Old English stamerian, from Proto-Germanic *stamro- (stammering). Compare German stammeln, Dutch stameren, Old Norse stammr.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈstæmɚ/
  • Rhymes: -æmə(r)
  • 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.
  2. (transitive) To utter with a stammer, or with timid hesitancy.
    He blushed, and stammered a few words of apology.

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Translations

Noun

stammer (plural stammers)

  1. The involuntary repetition of a sound in speech.

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Danish

Noun

stammer c

  1. plural indefinite of stamme

Verb

stammer

  1. present of stamme

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

stammer m

  1. indefinite plural of stamme

Verb

stammer

  1. present of stamme

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

stammer m or f

  1. indefinite feminine plural of stamme
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