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timmerman

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch timmerman. Equivalent to timmeren +‎ man.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtɪ.mərˌmɑn/
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  • Hyphenation: tim‧mer‧man

Noun

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timmerman m (plural timmermannen or timmerlieden or timmerlui, diminutive timmermannetje n)

  1. male carpenter

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: timmerman
  • Negerhollands: timmerman
  • Sranan Tongo: temreman

Swedish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Swedish timberman, equivalent to timmer (timber) +‎ man (man).

Noun

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timmerman c

  1. carpenter
    • 2006 December 24, Johannes Ekman, “Kulturkrönikan 24 december”, in Sveriges Radio[1], archived from the original on 2025-02-17:
      Gösta Ågren, finlandssvensk poet, kom 1996 med den märkligt självlysande diktsamlingen ”Timmermannen”, byggd på Jesu liv enligt Markusevangeliet.
      Gösta Ågren, a Finnish-Swedish poet, came out in 1996 with the strangely luminescent collection of poems "The Carpenter", based on the life of Jesus according to the Gospel of Mark.
    • 2015 July 24, Olli Hörkkö, Anna Starckman, “Södermalms finska timmermän”, in Sveriges Television[2], archived from the original on 2016-06-18:
      Södermalms finska timmermän
      Södermalm's Finnish carpenters

Declension

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Declension of timmerman
nominative genitive
singular indefinite timmerman timmermans
definite timmermannen timmermannens
plural indefinite timmermän timmermäns
definite timmermännen timmermännens

References

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