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en hammare

hammer

Meaning

hammer

In Swedish: ett verktyg att slå i spikar med etc

Forms

Forms of hammare
Singular, indefiniteen hammare
Singular, definitehammaren
Plural, indefinitehammare
Plural, definitehammarna

hammare is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor hammare, den stora hammaren. Check another noun

Practise hammare

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Is it en hammare or ett hammare?

hammare in a sentence

  • slå i spik med en hammare
    drive nails with a hammer
  • I ett piano slås strängar an med hammare
    In a piano, strings are struck by hammers
  • hammaren, städet och stigbygeln
    the 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.

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