# hamer
## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɦɑː.mər/, /ˈɦa.mər/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ha‧mer

### Etymology 1

From Dutch hamer, from Middle Dutch hāmer, from Old Dutch *hamar, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz.

#### Noun

hamer (plural hamers, diminutive hamertjie)
* a hammer; a tool used for pounding
* a hammer in the firing mechanism of a firearm
* (sports) a hammer; heavy ball on a length of wire, used for throwing
* (music) a hammer; part of a piano, dulcimer and similar instruments which strikes the string
* (anatomy) hammer, malleus; largest ossicle in the middle ear
    Synonyms: malleus, hamerbeentjie
    Hypernym: gehoorbeentjie

##### Derived terms

* blokhamer
* bolhamer
* hamerbaar
* hamerbeentjie
* hamerboor
* hamergooi
* hamerklou
* hamerkop
* hamerslag
* hamersteel
* kliphamer
* klouhamer
* vleishamer

### Etymology 2

From Dutch hameren.

#### Verb

hamer (present hamer, present participle hamerende, past participle gehamer)
* to hammer

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɦaː.mər/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ha‧mer
* Rhymes: -aːmər

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch hāmer, from Old Dutch *hamar, from Proto-West Germanic *hamar, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz.

#### Noun

hamer m (plural hamers, diminutive hamertje n)
* hammer

##### Derived terms

* hameren
* heksenhamer
* klauwhamer
* smidshamer
* strijdhamer

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: hamer
* Berbice Creole Dutch: hambru
* Negerhollands: hammer, hambu
* → Caribbean Hindustani: hameri
* → Caribbean Javanese: amer, hamer
* → Javanese: ꦲꦩꦼꦂ (amer)
* → Munsee: hámul
* →? Sranan Tongo: amra
** → Aukan: ambaa
** → Saramaccan: hám, áma

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

hamer
* inflection of hameren:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch *hamar, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz.

### Noun

hāmer m
* A hammer.

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

#### Descendants

* Dutch: hamer
* Limburgish: hamer, hammer

### Further reading

* “hamer”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “hamer”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* hambyr, hamber, hammer, hammyr, hamur, hamowre, hambir, hamyr, hamere
* homer (West Midlands)

### Etymology

From Old English hamor, from Proto-West Germanic *hamar, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz; from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈham(b)ər/, /ˈhaːm(b)ər/
* (West Midlands) IPA: /ˈhɔmər/

### Noun

hamer (plural hamers)
* A hammer (tool for pressing nails inwards).
* (figurative) A fierce individual; one with strong convictions or great force.
* (rare) A doorknocker.

#### Derived terms

* hameren

#### Descendants

* English: hammer
** Fiji Hindi: haamaa
* Fingallian: hommer
* Scots: hamer, hammer, hemer, hemmer, haimmer

#### References

* “hamer, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-01.

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From German Hammer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xâmer/
* Hyphenation: ha‧mer

### Noun

hȁmer m (Cyrillic spelling ха̏мер)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

### References

* “hamer”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025