# immer
## English
### Etymology

From Icelandic himbrimi (“surf roarer”).

### Noun

immer (plural immers)
* A bird in genus Gavia.

#### Derived terms

* Gavia immer

### References

* immer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Gavia immer on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Category:Gavia immer on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch immer (“always”), from Old Dutch iomer (“always”). From ie (“always”) +‎ meer (“more”). Related to ieder, iemand, iets, ooit. Cognate with German immer, German Low German immer, ümmer, jümmer, jümmers.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪmər

### Adverb

immer
* (formal) always
    Synonyms: altijd, altoos
    Hij is immer beleefd tegen iedereen.He is always polite to everyone.
    Het museum is immer geopend, zelfs op feestdagen.The museum is open always, even on holidays.

#### Derived terms

* immers

#### See also

* eeuwig
* voorgoed

## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German immer (also iemer, imer), from Old High German iomēr (“always”). From io (“always”) +‎ mēr (“more”). Cognate with Dutch immer, German Low German immer, ümmer, jümmer, jümmers, Middle English a mare, aa mare (“evermore”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɪmɐ/
* Audio:(file)
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* Audio (Austria):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪmɐ

### Adverb

immer
* always
** at all times without exception
    Irgendwo scheint immer die Sonne.The sun is always shining somewhere.
** very often; all the time; constantly
    Er will immer nur fernsehen.He just wants to watch telly all the time.
** every time; whenever some precondition is given
    Er erzählt immer dieselbe Geschichte.He always tells that same story.
* (with comparative) to a greater degree over time, more and more
    Es wird immer kälter. ― It's getting colder and colder.
* (colloquial, unstressed) used to emphasize another adverb of time, which itself is stressed
    Er kommt immer nie pünktlich. ― He’s never on time.
    Ich bin oft immer sehr vergesslich. ― I’m often very forgetful.
    Manchmal hab ich immer das Gefühl, dass... ― Sometimes I get the feeling that...

#### Synonyms

* (at all times): stets (but somewhat uncommon in this sense); allzeit (dated, poetic)
* (very often): stets (formal); dauernd; ständig; immerzu
* (every time): stets (formal); jedes Mal

#### Derived terms

* immer gleich
* immer noch
* immer wieder
* immer wenn

### See also

* meistens
* manchmal
* selten
* nie
* ewig

### Further reading

* “immer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* Friedrich Kluge (1883) “immer”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

## German Low German
### Alternative forms

* ümmer, jümmer, jümber, jümmers (der neue Sass)

### Etymology

From Middle Low German immer, imber, iemmer, jummer, iemer, imer, from Old Saxon iomēr, eomēr, equivalent to je +‎ mehr.

### Adverb

immer
* always; forever

#### Synonyms

* alltied (cognate with German: allzeit, allezeit)

### References

* Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)

## Hunsrik
### Etymology

From Middle High German immer, iemer, imer, from Old High German iomēr (“always”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *aiwaz (“long time”) + *maiz (“more”). Related to Dutch immer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈimɐ/

### Adverb

immer
* always
    Du machst das immer.You always do that.
    Es is immer so.It's always like this.
    Sie nemmd immer eere grose Tasch mit.She always takes her big purse with her.

### Further reading

* Online Hunsrik Dictionary

## Middle Dutch
### Adverb

immer
* Alternative form of emmer

## Yao (South America)
### Noun

immer
* mother

#### Usage notes

Kinship terminology in Cariban languages functions very differently from that in Indo-European languages. For this reason, it is unclear if the recorded meaning of this word ‘mother’ accurately reflects the meaning in the original language.

### Further reading

* de Laet, Johannes (1633) Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 642