Ammer
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle High German amer, from Old High German amaro, clipped from an assumed compound *amarofogal, from Old High German amar (“spelt, emmer”) for its preferred food. See Emmer.
Noun[edit]
Ammer f (genitive Ammer, plural Ammern) or
Ammer (alternatively in technical usage) m (mixed, genitive Ammers, plural Ammern)
- (ornithology) bunting (Emberiza) (type of songbird)
Declension[edit]
or
Hyponyms[edit]
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Further reading[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
die Ammer f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Ammer)
- A left tributary of the Neckar in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- a left tributary of the Isar in southern Bavaria, Germany, called the Amper below the Ammersee
Declension[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “Ammer” in Duden online
Etymology 3[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Ammer m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Ammers or (with an article) Ammer, feminine genitive Ammer, plural Ammers or Ammer)
- a surname
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |||||||
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masculine | feminine | |||||||
indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | (ein) | (der) | Ammer | (eine) | (die) | Ammer | (die) | Ammers, Ammer |
genitive | (eines) | (des) | Ammers, Ammer1 | (einer) | (der) | Ammer | (der) | Ammers, Ammer |
dative | (einem) | (dem) | Ammer | (einer) | (der) | Ammer | (den) | Ammers, Ammer |
accusative | (einen) | (den) | Ammer | (eine) | (die) | Ammer | (die) | Ammers, Ammer |
1With an article.
Etymology 4[edit]
Borrowed from Latin amārus (“sour”).
Noun[edit]
Ammer f (genitive Ammer, plural Ammern)
Declension[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “Ammer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Etymology 5[edit]
Inherited from Old High German amar.
Noun[edit]
Ammer m (strong, genitive Ammers, no plural)
Declension[edit]
Etymology 6[edit]
Inherited from Old High German eimurrā, eimuriā.
Noun[edit]
Ammer f (genitive Ammer, plural Ammern)
Declension[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “Ammer” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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