hammare

From Old Swedish hamar, from Old Norse hamarr, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éḱmō (“stone”).

hammare c

1. a hammer (tool)

   slå i spik med en hammare

   drive nails with a hammer

2. a hammer (in a piano or dulcimer – a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string)

   I ett piano slås strängar an med hammare

   In a piano, strings are struck by hammers

3. (anatomy) malleus, hammer

   Hypernym: hörselben

   hammaren, städet och stigbygeln

   the hammer, [the] anvil, and [the] stirrup

• hamra

• spika

• hammare in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• hammare in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hammare in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH
• hammare in Rikstermbanken