jämmer
Swedish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Swedish iæmber, from Middle Low German jammer, ultimately onomatopoeic. Cognate of German Jammer, English yammer.
Noun
editjämmer c or n
- noise like from mourning or pain; lamentation, whimpering, wailing
- Jämmer och elände
- Lamentation and misery (Doom and gloom)
- (figurative) moaning, lamentation (complaining)
Declension
editDeclension of jämmer
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | jämmer | jämmers |
| definite | jämmern | jämmerns | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — | |
Declension of jämmer
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | jämmer | jämmers |
| definite | jämret | jämrets | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — | |
Related terms
editReferences
edit- jämmer in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- jämmer in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- jämmer in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- jämmer in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)