amper
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English ampre, from Old English ampre (“a dilated vein, varix, tumour, swelling; dock, sorrel”). Related to aber.
Noun
amper (plural ampers)
- A tumour, often accompanied by inflammation; pustule; varicose vein; pus; atter.
- A defect or flaw, especially in cloth.
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Afrikaans
Etymology
Whilst its current definition was long thought to have come from Indonesian hampir due to its exclusive presence in Dutch (and no other Germanic language), this would not explain its high and almost universal usage in Flemish. More likely would be if it originated on Dutch soil. In that case, the meaning would have changed somewhat from the earlier Middle Dutch amper (“sour”) – compare the semantic development of German sehr (“very”), Alemannic German rüüdig (“very”). This word, in turn, is Germanic, and a cognate to the Swedish amper, German Ampfer.
Pronunciation
Adverb
amper
- almost
- Jouself amper gekak!
- You almost shat yourself!
Dutch
Etymology
Whilst its current definition was long thought to have come from Indonesian hampir due to its exclusive presence in Dutch (and no other Germanic language), this would not explain its high and almost universal usage in Flemish. More likely would be if it originated on Dutch soil. In that case, the meaning would have changed somewhat from the earlier Middle Dutch amper (“sour”) – compare the semantic development of German sehr (“very”), Alemannic German rüüdig (“very”). This word, in turn, is Germanic, and a cognate to the Swedish amper, German Ampfer.
Pronunciation
Adverb
amper
Adjective
amper
Further reading
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Noun
amper (plural amperek)
- ampere (unit of electrical current)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | amper | amperek |
accusative | ampert | ampereket |
dative | ampernek | ampereknek |
instrumental | amperrel | amperekkel |
causal-final | amperért | amperekért |
translative | amperré | amperekké |
terminative | amperig | amperekig |
essive-formal | amperként | amperekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | amperben | amperekben |
superessive | amperen | ampereken |
adessive | ampernél | ampereknél |
illative | amperbe | amperekbe |
sublative | amperre | amperekre |
allative | amperhez | amperekhez |
elative | amperből | amperekből |
delative | amperről | amperekről |
ablative | ampertől | amperektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
amperé | ampereké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
amperéi | amperekéi |
Possessive forms of amper | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | amperem | ampereim |
2nd person sing. | ampered | ampereid |
3rd person sing. | ampere | amperei |
1st person plural | amperünk | ampereink |
2nd person plural | amperetek | ampereitek |
3rd person plural | amperük | ampereik |
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Noun
amper n (genitive singular ampers, nominative plural amper)
- ampere (unit of electrical current)
Declension
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Apparently from Middle Low German. Perhaps cognate with Old Norse apr (“hard, painful”).
Adjective
amper (neuter singular ampert, definite singular and plural ampre, comparative amprere, indefinite superlative amprest)
- (of people) petulant; easily aggravated
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Polish
Etymology
From the name of French physicist and mathematician André-Marie Ampère.
Pronunciation
Noun
amper m inan (abbreviation A)
Declension
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Further reading
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
àmpēr m (Cyrillic spelling а̀мпе̄р)
- ampere (unit of electrical current)
Declension
Slovene
Pronunciation
Noun
ampȇr m inan
- ampere (unit of electrical current)
Inflection
Masculine inan., soft o-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | ampêr | ||
gen. sing. | ampêrja | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
ampêr | ampêrja | ampêrji |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
ampêrja | ampêrjev | ampêrjev |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
ampêrju | ampêrjema | ampêrjem |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
ampêr | ampêrja | ampêrje |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
ampêrju | ampêrjih | ampêrjih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
ampêrjem | ampêrjema | ampêrji |
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish amper. Nationalencyklopedins ordbok traces the word to German Low German amper (“sharp; harsh”). According to Svenska Akademiens ordbok it is also related to Latin amarus (“bitter”) and Sanskrit अम्ल (amla, “sour”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
amper (comparative amprare, superlative amprast)
- harsh, stern, particularly about older women
- En amper bondmora.
- A stern peasantwoman.
- En amper bondmora.
- (of taste) pungent, biting, strong
- Till desserten serverades vi en synnerligen amper blåmögelost.
- At the dessert, we were served a very strong blue cheese.
- Till desserten serverades vi en synnerligen amper blåmögelost.
Declension
Inflection of amper | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | amper | amprare | amprast |
Neuter singular | ampert | amprare | amprast |
Plural | ampra | amprare | amprast |
Masculine plural3 | ampre | amprare | amprast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | ampre | amprare | ampraste |
All | ampra | amprare | ampraste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
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Turkish
Etymology
Noun
amper (definite accusative amperi, plural amperler)
- ampere (unit of electrical current)
West Frisian
Adverb
amper
Further reading
- “amper (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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