timmer

See also: Timmer

English

Noun

timmer (countable and uncountable, plural timmers)

1. (Scotland) timber

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “timmer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German timber.

Adjective

timmer

1. (Uri) dim, dark

Derived terms

• timmerig
• timmerchîdig

References

• Abegg, Emil (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 18.
• Staub, Friedrich und Tobler, Ludwig (1881), Schweizerisches Idiotikon - Band III [1] [Swiss Dialect Idioticon (chidig)], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 149.
• Bachman, Albert und Groeger, Otto und Wanner, H (1913), Schweizerisches Idiotikon - Band XII, [2] [Swiss Dialect Idioticon (Timmer, Zimmer)], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 1802.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪmər/

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• Rhymes: -ɪmər

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage)

From Middle Dutch timmer, from Old Dutch *timmer, from Proto-Germanic *timrą, from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“build, house”).

Noun

timmer n or m (plural timmers, diminutive timmertje n)

1. (archaic) building, construction
2. (archaic) construction work
3. (archaic) room, chamber

   Synonyms: kamer, vertrek, lokaal

4. (archaic) act of building or carpentry
5. (archaic) building material

Derived terms

• jufferentimmer
• maagdentimmer
• vrouwentimmer

Related terms

• getimmerte
• timmeren
• timmerman

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

timmer

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of timmeren
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of timmeren

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *timmer, from Proto-Germanic *timrą, from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“build, house”).

Noun

timmer n or m

1. building, construction (especially of wood)
2. act of building
3. material that a building is built out of

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• timber

Derived terms

• timmeren

Descendants

• Dutch: timmer
• Limburgish: tömber, tömmer

Further reading

• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “timmer (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

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Swedish

Noun

timmer n

1. timber, log to be used in construction

Declension

Declension of timmer
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	timmer	timret	timmer	timren
Genitive	timmers	timrets	timmers	timrens

Anagrams

• rimmet