Hammer
German (Berlin)
/ˈhamɐ/
noun
Definitions
- hammer, mallet
- (informal) sensation
- (sports) a hard shot, slam
- (informal) (with sein) to be awesome
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German hamer (hammer) inherited from Old High German hamar inherited from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz (tool with a stone head) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂eḱmoros
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Thor's hammer English
- ban hammer English
- banhammer English
- claw hammer English
- forehammer English
- goldhammer English
- hammer English
- hammer-headed English
- hammerable English
- hammerer English
- hammerest English
- hammereth English
- hammerfish English
- hammerhead English
- hammerless English
- hammerlike English
- hammerlock English
- hammerman English
- hammermill English
- hammerscale English
- hammersmith English
- hammerspace English
- hammerstone English
- hammertoe English
- hammerwort English
- rehammer English
- sledgehammer English
- underhammer English
- Hai German
- Hammerhai German
- Hammerwerfen German
- Hammerwurf German
- Hämmerchen German
- Pressluft German
- Presslufthammer German
- Vorschlag German
- Vorschlaghammer German
- Wurf German
- hammerhart German
- hammermäßig German
- hart German
- werfen German
- hámor Hungarian
- beukhamer Dutch, Flemish
- bilhamer Dutch, Flemish
- deurhamer Dutch, Flemish
- hamer Dutch, Flemish
- hameren Dutch, Flemish
- hamerhaai Dutch, Flemish
- hamerstuk Dutch, Flemish
- krijgshamer Dutch, Flemish
- sneedhamer Dutch, Flemish
- strijdhamer Dutch, Flemish
- vleeshamer Dutch, Flemish
- voorhamer Dutch, Flemish
- *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eḱmoros Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂éḱmō Proto-Indo-European
- hammar Norwegian Bokmål
- hammer Norwegian Bokmål
- *hamaraz Proto-Germanic
- hammare Swedish
- ハンマー Japanese
- hammar Norwegian Nynorsk
- hamor Old English
- hamer Middle English
- hamowre Middle English
- hamarr Old Norse
- hammer Danish
- hamer Serbo-Croatian
- hamar Icelandic
- hāmer Middle Dutch
- hamar Old High German
- āmurs Latvian
- hamer Afrikaans
- hamar Faroese
- hamer Middle High German
- Hummer Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- האַמער Yiddish
- *hamar Old Dutch
- hamar Old Saxon
- hamar Old Swedish
- hammar Westrobothnian
- hammer Western Frisian
- hamar Old Frisian
- hama Tok Pisin
- Hammer Pennsylvania German
- hama Hausa
- haamaa Fiji Hindi
- hãma Farefare