hammare

See also: Hammare and hämmare

Swedish

en hammare

Etymology

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

Noun

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

Declension

Declension of hammare

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	hammare	hammares
	definite	hammaren	hammarens
plural	indefinite	hammare	hammares
	definite	hammarna	hammarnas

Declension of hammare

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	hammare	hammares
	definite	hammaren	hammarens
plural	indefinite	hamrar	hamrars
	definite	hamrarna	hamrarnas

Related terms

• hamra

See also

• spika

References

• “hammare”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “hammare”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “hammare”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Svensk MeSH
• hammare in Rikstermbanken