Hammer
English edit
Etymology edit
Shortened West Ham + -er, with a pun on hammer.
Noun edit
Hammer (plural Hammers)
- (soccer) someone connected with West Ham Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
Proper noun edit
Hammer
- A surname.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Hammer is the 1,661st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 21,709 individuals. Hammer is most common among White (92.82%) individuals.
Derived terms edit
Danish edit
Proper noun edit
Hammer
- a surname from English.
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German hamer, from Old High German hamar, from Proto-West Germanic *hamar, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”).
Compare Low German Hamer, Dutch hamer, English hammer, West Frisian hammer, Danish hammer, Swedish hammare.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Hammer m (strong, genitive Hammers, plural Hämmer or Hammer, diminutive Hämmerchen n or Hämmerlein n)
- hammer, mallet
- Synonym: (regional) Mottek
- Er schlug sich mit dem Hammer auf den Daumen.
- He hit his thumb with the hammer.
- (informal) sensation, something extraordinary (be it positive or negative)
- Die Entlassung des Ministers war ein Hammer.
- The minister's dismissal was a sensation.
- Ihr seid der Hammer!
- You all are awesome!
- (sports) a hard shot, slam
- Der Torwart parierte einen Hammer von der Strafraumgrenze.
- The keeper saved a hard shot from the 18-yard line.
Usage notes edit
- The unchanged plural Hammer is usual (perhaps even predominant) in the figurative senses 2 and 3. It also occurs in the concrete sense “hammer”, but this may be considered nonstandard.
Declension edit
Declension of Hammer [masculine, strong]
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German hamer, from Old High German hamar. Compare German Hammer, Dutch hamer, English hammer.
Noun edit
Hammer m (plural Hammer, second plural Hemmer)