en hammare
Meaning
hammer
In Swedish: ett verktyg att slå i spikar med etc
Forms
| Singular, indefinite | en hammare |
|---|---|
| Singular, definite | hammaren |
| Plural, indefinite | hammare |
| Plural, definite | hammarna |
hammare is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor hammare, den stora hammaren. Check another noun
Practise hammare
1 / 2Is it en hammare or ett hammare?
hammare in a sentence
- slå i spik med en hammaredrive nails with a hammer
- I ett piano slås strängar an med hammareIn a piano, strings are struck by hammers
- hammaren, städet och stigbygelnthe hammer, [the] anvil, and [the] stirrup
Words built with hammare
- nithammare riveting hammer
- dornhammare engineer's hammer
- hammarslag hammer-blow
Questions
What does hammare mean in English?
hammare means “hammer”.
Is it en hammare or ett hammare?
It is en hammare, and “the hammer” is hammaren.
What is the plural of hammare?
hammare doesn't change in the plural: en hammare, två hammare (definite: hammarna).
Origin
From Old Swedish hamar, from Old Norse hamarr, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éḱmō (“stone”).
Nearby common words
hammare is number 4,131 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 4,127elegant elegant
- 4,128sjunde seventh
- 4,129udda odd, unusual
- 4,130kidnappning kidnapping
- 4,132maska go slow, work to rule
- 4,133undergång ruin, fall
- 4,134kol carbon, coal
- 4,135intelligens intelligence
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