different between dammer vs ammer

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English dammer, dammar, equivalent to dam +? -er.

Noun

dammer (plural dammers)

1. One who builds a dam.

Etymology 2

Noun

dammer (plural dammers)

1. Alternative form of damar

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

• rammed

Danish

Noun

dammer c

1. indefinite plural of dam

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?.m?r/
• Hyphenation: dam?mer
• Rhymes: -?m?r

Etymology 1

From dammen +? -er.

Noun

dammer m (plural dammers, diminutive dammertje n)

1. A player of checkers.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay damar, from Proto-Malayic *damar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dama?.

Noun

dammer m (uncountable)

1. Archaic form of damar.

References

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

Anagrams

• dramme

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

dammer m

1. indefinite plural of dam

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English *ambre, from Old English amore. Alternatively, it may be a clipping of yellowhammer or earlier yelambre. Favored over *hammer due to the influence of its German cognate and synonym Ammer (“bunting”) and its predecessors, Middle High German amer and Old High German amaro.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ??m?r, IPA^(key): /?æ.m?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æ.m?/

Noun

ammer (plural ammers)

1. The yellowhammer; yellow bunting; Emberiza citrinella.

References

• “ammer” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

ammer m or f

1. indefinite plural of amme

Verb

ammer

1. present of amme

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

ammer f

1. indefinite plural of amme