"Hummer" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhʊmɐ/ Audio: De-Hummer.ogg
Rhymes: -ʊmɐ Etymology: 16th century, from Middle Low German *hummer, itself from Old Norse humarr, perhaps through early Norwegian (as many lobsters were caught off the coast of Norway). From the same North Germanic source Modern Low German Hummer, Plautdietsch Humma, Dutch hommer. Etymology templates: {{bor|de|gml||*hummer}} Middle Low German *hummer, {{der|de|non|humarr}} Old Norse humarr, {{der|de|no|-}} Norwegian, {{cog|nds|Hummer}} Low German Hummer, {{cog|pdt|Humma}} Plautdietsch Humma, {{cog|nl|hommer}} Dutch hommer Head templates: {{de-noun|m}} Hummer m (strong, genitive Hummers, plural Hummer) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Hummers [genitive], Hummer [plural], strong [table-tags], Hummer [nominative, singular], Hummer [definite, nominative, plural], Hummers [genitive, singular], Hummer [definite, genitive, plural], Hummer [dative, singular], Hummern [dative, definite, plural], Hummer [accusative, singular], Hummer [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. lobster Tags: masculine, strong Related terms: Panzerkrebs [masculine]

Inflected forms

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