Ammer

See also: ammer, 'ammer, and Am. Mer.

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈamɐ/
  • Rhymes: -amɐ
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Etymology 1

From Middle High German amer, from Old High German amaro, clipped from an assumed compound *amarofogal, from Old High German amar (“spelt, emmer”) for its preferred food. See Emmer.

Noun

Ammer f (genitive Ammer, plural Ammern) or
Ammer (alternatively in technical usage) m (mixed, genitive Ammers, plural Ammern)

  1. (ornithology) bunting (Emberiza) (type of songbird)
Declension
Declension of Ammer [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Ammer die Ammern
genitive einer der Ammer der Ammern
dative einer der Ammer den Ammern
accusative eine die Ammer die Ammern

or

Declension of Ammer [masculine (alternatively in technical usage), mixed]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Ammer die Ammern
genitive eines des Ammers der Ammern
dative einem dem Ammer den Ammern
accusative einen den Ammer die Ammern
Hyponyms

Further reading
  • “Ammer” in Duden online
  • “Ammer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Proper noun

die Ammer f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Ammer)

  1. A left tributary of the Neckar in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
  2. a left tributary of the Isar in southern Bavaria, Germany, called the Amper below the Ammersee
Declension
Declension of Ammer [sg-only, feminine]
singular
def. noun
nominative die Ammer
genitive der Ammer
dative der Ammer
accusative die Ammer

Further reading
  • “Ammer” in Duden online

Proper noun

Ammer m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Ammers or (with an article) Ammer, feminine genitive Ammer, plural Ammers or Ammer)

  1. a surname
Declension
Declension of Ammer [masculine // feminine, surname]
singular plural
masculine feminine
indef. def. noun indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative (ein) (der) Ammer (eine) (die) Ammer (die) Ammers, Ammer
genitive (eines) (des) Ammers, Ammer1 (einer) (der) Ammer (der) Ammers, Ammer
dative (einem) (dem) Ammer (einer) (der) Ammer (den) Ammers, Ammer
accusative (einen) (den) Ammer (eine) (die) Ammer (die) Ammers, Ammer

1With an article.

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Latin amārus (“sour”).

Noun

Ammer f (genitive Ammer, plural Ammern)

  1. (obsolete) sour cherry
Declension
Declension of Ammer [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Ammer die Ammern
genitive einer der Ammer der Ammern
dative einer der Ammer den Ammern
accusative eine die Ammer die Ammern

Further reading
  • “Ammer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Etymology 5

Inherited from Old High German amar.

Noun

Ammer m (strong, genitive Ammers, no plural)

  1. (obsolete) emmer (type of wheat)
    Synonym: (modern word) Emmer
Declension
Declension of Ammer [sg-only, masculine, strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein der Ammer
genitive eines des Ammers
dative einem dem Ammer
accusative einen den Ammer

Etymology 6

Inherited from Old High German eimurrā, eimuriā.

Noun

Ammer f (genitive Ammer, plural Ammern)

  1. (obsolete) ember
Declension
Declension of Ammer [sg-only, feminine]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Ammer
genitive einer der Ammer
dative einer der Ammer
accusative eine die Ammer

Further reading
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