jämmer

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish iæmber, from Middle Low German jammer, ultimately onomatopoeic. Cognate of German Jammer, English yammer.

Noun

jämmer c or n

  1. noise like from mourning or pain; lamentation, whimpering, wailing
    Jämmer och elände
    Lamentation and misery (Doom and gloom)
  2. (figurative) moaning, lamentation (complaining)

Declension

Declension of jämmer
nominative genitive
singular indefinite jämmer jämmers
definite jämmern jämmerns
plural indefinite — —
definite — —
Declension of jämmer
nominative genitive
singular indefinite jämmer jämmers
definite jämret jämrets
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

References

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