jammer

See also: Jammer

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English jam

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āsjos

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English jammer

From jam + -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒæmɚ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æmə(ɹ)

Noun

jammer (plural jammers)

1. Any device used to jam radio reception.
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2. A musician who jams.
3. A device (e.g. a jumar) which will slide along a rope in one direction but not the other, used in rock-climbing, caving etc.
4. (roller derby) A player who attempts to score points by making their way past other players.

Derived terms

• game jammer
• gearjammer
• shrimp jammer

Translations

device used to jam radio reception

• Dutch: stoorzender (nl) m
• Finnish: häirintälähetin (fi), häirintälaite (fi)
• French: brouilleur (fr) m
• German: Störsender (de) m, Jammer (de) m
• Polish: zakłócacz m
• Turkish: sinyal bozucu

See also

• Animal Jammer
• windjammer

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• djammer (Cape Afrikaans)

Etymology

From Dutch jammer, from Middle Dutch jammer, from Old Dutch iamer, from Proto-Germanic *jēmaraz (“miserable, sorrowful”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈja.mər/

• Audio:

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Interjection

jammer

1. sorry

Adjective

jammer (attributive jammer, not comparable)

1. sorry, regretful

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish iæmber, fr Middle Low German jammer. A nominalization from Old High German jāmar (“sorrow”), from Proto-Germanic *jēmaraz (“miserable, sorrowful”). Cognate with Old English ġeōmor

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjɑmˀʌ]

Noun

jammer c (singular definite jammeren, not used in plural form)

1. (sometimes derogatory) (to express) sorrow, dissatisfaction (in the form of lamentations, complaints etc.).

   Synonym: klage

2. pitiful, sad condition or state of something.

   Synonyms: ynk, elendighed

Declension

Declension of jammer

common gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	jammer	jammeren
genitive	jammers	jammerens

Related terms

• jammerlig
• jammerhyl
• jammerskrig
• jammerklage

References

• “jammer” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɑ.mər/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: jam‧mer
• Rhymes: -ɑmər

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch jammer, from Old Dutch iāmer, from Proto-Germanic *jēmaraz (“miserable, sorrowful”).

Interjection

jammer

1. too bad, unfortunately

See also

• helaas

Adjective

jammer (comparative jammerder, superlative jammerst)

1. unfortunate, sad
2. (used predicatively) too bad, a pity

Declension

Declension of jammer
uninflected	jammer
inflected	jammere
comparative	jammerder
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		jammer	jammerder	het jammerst het jammerste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	jammere	jammerdere	jammerste
	n. sing.	jammer	jammerder	jammerste
	plural	jammere	jammerdere	jammerste
definite		jammere	jammerdere	jammerste
partitive		jammers	jammerders	—

Descendants

• Afrikaans: jammer
• Negerhollands: jammer, jamer
• → Caribbean Javanese: yamer

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

jammer

1. inflection of jammeren:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒa.me/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Verb

jammer

1. (music, notably jazz) to jam; have a jam session

   Synonym: bœuffer

Conjugation

Conjugation of jammer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	jammer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	jammant /dʒa.mɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		jammé /dʒa.me/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	jamme /dʒam/	jammes /dʒam/	jamme /dʒam/	jammons /dʒa.mɔ̃/	jammez /dʒa.me/	jamment /dʒam/
	imperfect	jammais /dʒa.mɛ/	jammais /dʒa.mɛ/	jammait /dʒa.mɛ/	jammions /dʒa.mjɔ̃/	jammiez /dʒa.mje/	jammaient /dʒa.mɛ/
	past historic2	jammai /dʒa.me/	jammas /dʒa.ma/	jamma /dʒa.ma/	jammâmes /dʒa.mam/	jammâtes /dʒa.mat/	jammèrent /dʒa.mɛʁ/
	future	jammerai /dʒam.ʁe/	jammeras /dʒam.ʁa/	jammera /dʒam.ʁa/	jammerons /dʒam.ʁɔ̃/	jammerez /dʒam.ʁe/	jammeront /dʒam.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	jammerais /dʒam.ʁɛ/	jammerais /dʒam.ʁɛ/	jammerait /dʒam.ʁɛ/	jammerions /dʒa.mə.ʁjɔ̃/	jammeriez /dʒa.mə.ʁje/	jammeraient /dʒam.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	jamme /dʒam/	jammes /dʒam/	jamme /dʒam/	jammions /dʒa.mjɔ̃/	jammiez /dʒa.mje/	jamment /dʒam/
	imperfect2	jammasse /dʒa.mas/	jammasses /dʒa.mas/	jammât /dʒa.ma/	jammassions /dʒa.ma.sjɔ̃/	jammassiez /dʒa.ma.sje/	jammassent /dʒa.mas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	jamme /dʒam/	—	jammons /dʒa.mɔ̃/	jammez /dʒa.me/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Verb

jammer

1. inflection of jammern:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative