Norwegian

Proper noun

Hamar

1. A municipality in Hedmark, Norway

Basque

Numeral

hamar

1. ten

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hamarr, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, (whence also Sanskrit अश्मरी ‎(aśmarī, “strangury”)), a derivation from *h₂éḱmō ‎(“stone”) (whence also Sanskrit अश्मन् ‎(aśman, “stone”)), from the root *h₂eḱ- ‎(“sharp”).

Noun

hamar m (genitive singular hamars, plural hamrar)

1. rock face, stretch of cliff on a mountainside
2. hammer

Synonyms

• (1. and 2.) hamari

Declension

Hungarian

Etymology

Unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɒmɒr]
• Hyphenation: ha‧mar

Adverb

hamar (comparative hamarabb, superlative leghamarabb)

1. fast
2. soon

Derived terms

• hamarosan

(Compound words):

• csakhamar

(Expressions):

• aki kíváncsi, hamar megöregszik
• a hazug embert hamarabb utolérik, mint a sánta kutyát

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaːmar/
• Rhymes: -aːmar

Noun

hamar m ‎(genitive singular hamars, nominative plural hamrar)

1. hammer (a tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding)
2. a steep cliff, crag, a rock face

Declension

See also

• berg
• klettur

Anagrams

• harma

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hamaraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from *h₂éḱmō ‎(“stone”). Cognate with Old Saxon hamar, Old Frisian hamar, Old English hamor, Old Norse hamarr.

Noun

hamar m

1. hammer

Descendants

• German: Hammer

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hamaraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from *h₂éḱmō ‎(“stone”). Cognate with Old English hamor, Old Frisian hamar, Old High German hamor, Old Norse hamarr.

Noun

hamar m

1. hammer

Declension

Descendants

• Low German: Hamer, hamer

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hamarr, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz.

Noun

hamar m

1. hammer
2. mountain height, outcrop

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: hammare (in the first sense), -hammar (in place names, in the second sense)