jämmer
Swedish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Swedish iæmber, from Middle Low German jammer, ultimately onomatopoeic. Cognate of German Jammer, English yammer.
Noun
editjämmer 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
editDeclension of jämmer | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | jämmer | jämmern | — | — |
Genitive | jämmers | jämmerns | — | — |
Declension of jämmer | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | jämmer | jämret | — | — |
Genitive | jämmers | jämrets | — | — |
Related terms
editReferences
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)