Ammer

See also: ammer, 'ammer, and Am. Mer.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈamɐ/
• Rhymes: -amɐ

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Etymology 1

From Middle High German amer, from Old High German amaro, clipped from an assumed compound *amarofogal, from Old High German amar (“spelt, emmer”) for its preferred food. See Emmer.

Noun

Ammer f (genitive Ammer, plural Ammern) or
Ammer (alternatively in technical usage) m (mixed, genitive Ammers, plural Ammern)

1. (ornithology) bunting (Emberiza) (type of songbird)

Declension

Declension of Ammer [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Ammer	die	Ammern
genitive	einer	der	Ammer	der	Ammern
dative	einer	der	Ammer	den	Ammern
accusative	eine	die	Ammer	die	Ammern

or

Declension of Ammer [masculine (alternatively in technical usage), mixed]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ammer	die	Ammern
genitive	eines	des	Ammers	der	Ammern
dative	einem	dem	Ammer	den	Ammern
accusative	einen	den	Ammer	die	Ammern

Hyponyms

• Fichtenammer
• Goldammer
• Grauammer
• Haubenammer
• Hausammer
• Rohrammer
• Schneeammer
• Spornammer
• Waldammer
• Zaunammer

 

Related terms

• Ämmerling, Emmerling, Hämmerling

Further reading

• “Ammer” in Duden online
• “Ammer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Etymology 2

Proper noun

die Ammer f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Ammer)

1. A left tributary of the Neckar in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
2. a left tributary of the Isar in southern Bavaria, Germany, called the Amper below the Ammersee

Declension

Declension of Ammer [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	die	Ammer
genitive	der	Ammer
dative	der	Ammer
accusative	die	Ammer

Further reading

• “Ammer” in Duden online

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Ammer m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Ammers or (with an article) Ammer, feminine genitive Ammer, plural Ammers or Ammer)

1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Ammer [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Ammer	(eine)	(die)	Ammer	(die)	Ammers, Ammer
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Ammers, Ammer1	(einer)	(der)	Ammer	(der)	Ammers, Ammer
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Ammer	(einer)	(der)	Ammer	(den)	Ammers, Ammer
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Ammer	(eine)	(die)	Ammer	(die)	Ammers, Ammer

¹With an article.

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Latin amārus (“sour”).

Noun

Ammer f (genitive Ammer, plural Ammern)

1. (obsolete) sour cherry

Declension

Declension of Ammer [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Ammer	die	Ammern
genitive	einer	der	Ammer	der	Ammern
dative	einer	der	Ammer	den	Ammern
accusative	eine	die	Ammer	die	Ammern

Further reading

• “Ammer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Etymology 5

Inherited from Old High German amar.

Noun

Ammer m (strong, genitive Ammers, no plural)

1. (obsolete) emmer (type of wheat)

   Synonym: (modern word) Emmer

Declension

Declension of Ammer [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ammer
genitive	eines	des	Ammers
dative	einem	dem	Ammer
accusative	einen	den	Ammer

Etymology 6

Inherited from Old High German eimurrā, eimuriā.

Noun

Ammer f (genitive Ammer, plural Ammern)

1. (obsolete) ember

Declension

Declension of Ammer [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Ammer
genitive	einer	der	Ammer
dative	einer	der	Ammer
accusative	eine	die	Ammer

Further reading

• “Ammer” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.