stammer

See also stämmer

English

Etymology

From Old English stamerian. Cf. German stammeln.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈstæmɚ/, X-SAMPA: /"st{m@`/
• Rhymes: -æmə(r)

Verb

stammer (third-person singular simple present stammers, present participle stammering, simple past and past participle stammered)

1. To keep repeating a particular sound involuntarily.

Translations

to stutter

• Albanian: belbëzoj (sq)
• Bulgarian: заеквам (bg) (zaekvam)
• Catalan: titubar (ca), titubejar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 口吃 (cmn) (kǒuchī), 結巴 (cmn), 结巴 (cmn) (jiēbā), 磕巴 (cmn) (kēbā), 漏口 (cmn) (lòukǒu)

• Czech: koktat (cs)
• Dutch: stotteren (nl)
• Finnish: änkyttää (fi), takellella (fi)
• French: balbutier (fr), bégayer (fr)
• German: stammeln (de), stottern (de)
• Greek: τραυλίζω (el) (travlízo)

• Hebrew: גמגם (he) (gimgém)
• Italian: balbettare (it)
• Japanese: 吃る (ja) (どもる, domoru)
• Neapolitan: cacaglià
• Polish: jąkać się (pl)
• Portuguese: gaguejar (pt)
• Russian: заикаться (ru) (zaikát’sja), запинаться (ru) (zapinát’sja)
• Slovak: koktať (sk)
• Slovene: jecljati (sl)
• Spanish: tartamudear (es)
• Swedish: stamma (sv)
• Turkish: kekelemek (tr)

Synonyms

• stutter

Noun

stammer (plural stammers)

1. The involuntary repetition of a sound in speech.

Translations

involuntary repetition of sounds in speech

• Albanian: belbëzim (sq)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 口吃 (cmn) (kǒuchī)

• Finnish: änkytys (fi), takeltelu (fi)
• French: bégaiement (fr) m
• German: Stottern (de) n
• Hebrew: גמגום (he) (gimgum)
• Irish: maolteanga (ga) f
• Italian: balbettio (it)

• Japanese: 吃り (ja) (どもり, domori)
• Korean: 더듬기 (ko) (deodeumgi)
• Panjabi: ਥਥਲਾਉਣਾ (pa)
• Polish: jąkać się (pl)
• Russian: заикание (ru) (zaikánije) n
• Slovene: jecljanje (sl) n
• Spanish: tartamudeo (es) m
• Telugu: నత్తి (te) (natti)
• Turkish: kekeleme (tr)

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Danish

Noun

stammer c

1. plural indefinite of stamme

Verb

stammer

1. present of stamme

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Norwegian

Etymology 1

Noun

stammer

1. plural indefinite of stamme

Etymology 2

Verb

stammer

1. present tense of stamme