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immer

English

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Etymology

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From Icelandic himbrimi (“surf roarer”).

Noun

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immer (plural immers)

  1. A bird in genus Gavia.

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch immer (“always”), from Old Dutch iomer (“always”). From ie (“always”) +‎ meer (“more”). Related to ieder, iemand, iets, ooit. Cognate with German immer, German Low German ümmer, jümmer, jümmers.

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪmər

Adverb

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immer

  1. (formal) always
    Synonyms: altijd, altoos
    Hij is immer beleefd tegen iedereen.
    He is always polite to everyone.
    Het museum is immer geopend, zelfs op feestdagen.
    The museum is open always, even on holidays.

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German immer (also iemer, imer), from Old High German iomēr (“always”). From io (“always”) +‎ mēr (“more”). Cognate with Dutch immer, German Low German ümmer, jümmer, jümmers, Middle English a mare, aa mare (“evermore”).

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Adverb

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immer

  1. always
    1. at all times without exception
      Irgendwo scheint immer die Sonne.
      The sun is always shining somewhere.
    2. very often; all the time; constantly
      Er will immer nur fernsehen.
      He just wants to watch telly all the time.
    3. every time; whenever some precondition is given
      Er erzählt immer dieselbe Geschichte.
      He always tells that same story.
  2. (with comparative) to a greater degree over time, more and more
    Es wird immer kälter. ― It's getting colder and colder.
  3. (colloquial, unstressed) used to emphasize another adverb of time, which itself is stressed
    Er kommt immer nie pünktlich. ― He’s never on time.
    Ich bin oft immer sehr vergesslich. ― I’m often very forgetful.
    Manchmal hab ich immer das Gefühl, dass... ― Sometimes I get the feeling that...

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German Low German

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German immer, imber, iemmer, jummer, iemer, imer, from Old Saxon iomēr, eomēr, equivalent to je +‎ mehr.

Adverb

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immer

  1. always; forever

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  • Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)

Hunsrik

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Etymology

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From Middle High German immer, iemer, imer, from Old High German iomēr (“always”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *aiwaz (“long time”) + *maiz (“more”). Related to Dutch immer.

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Adverb

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immer

  1. always
    Du machst das immer.
    You always do that.
    Es is immer so.
    It's always like this.
    Sie nemmd immer eere grose Tasch mit.
    She always takes her big purse with her.

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Middle Dutch

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immer

  1. Alternative form of emmer

Yao (South America)

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Noun

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immer

  1. mother

Usage notes

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Kinship terminology in Cariban languages functions very differently from that in Indo-European languages. For this reason, it is unclear if the recorded meaning of this word ‘mother’ accurately reflects the meaning in the original language.

Further reading

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  • de Laet, Johannes (1633) Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 642
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