jämmer
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Swedish iæmber, from Middle Low German jammer, ultimately onomatopoeic. Cognate of German Jammer, English yammer.
Noun edit
jämmer c or n
- noise like from mourning or pain; lamentation, whimpering, wailing
- Jämmer och elände
- Lamentation and misery (Doom and gloom)
- (figurative) moaning, lamentation (complaining)
Declension edit
| Declension of jämmer | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | jämmer | jämmern | — | — |
| Genitive | jämmers | jämmerns | — | — |
| Declension of jämmer | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | jämmer | jämret | — | — |
| Genitive | jämmers | jämrets | — | — |
Related terms edit
References edit
- jämmer in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- jämmer in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- jämmer in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- jämmer in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)