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stammer

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See also: Stammer and stämmer

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English stameren, from Old English stamerian, from Proto-West Germanic *stamrōn, from Proto-Germanic *stamrōną (to stammer). Compare German stammeln, Dutch stameren, Old Norse stammr. Doublet of stumble.

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Verb

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stammer (third-person singular simple present stammers, present participle stammering, simple past and past participle stammered)

  1. (intransitive) To keep repeating a particular sound involuntarily during speech.
    Synonyms: (chiefly Britain, dialectal, archaic) hacker, stutter
  2. (transitive) To utter with a stammer, or with timid hesitancy.
    He blushed, and stammered a few words of apology.

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Noun

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stammer (plural stammers)

  1. The involuntary repetition of a sound in speech.
    She said goodbye in a stammer.
  2. A speech defect whereby someone speaks with a stammer

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Danish

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Noun

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stammer c

  1. indefinite plural of stamme

Verb

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stammer

  1. present of stamme

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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stammer m

  1. indefinite plural of stamme

Verb

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stammer

  1. present tense of stamme

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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stammer m or f

  1. indefinite feminine plural of stamme