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Webster 1913 Edition

Stammer

Stam′mer

(stăm′mẽr)

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Stammered

(-mẽrd)

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Stammering

[OE.

stameren

, fr. AS.

stamur

stamer

, stammering; akin to D. & LG.

stameren

to stammer, G.

stammeln

, OHG.

stammalōn

stammēn

, Dan.

stamme

, Sw.

stamma

, Icel.

stama

stamma

, OHG. & Dan.

stam

stammering, Icel.

stamr

, Goth.

stamms

, and to G.

stemmen

to bear against,

stumm

dumb, D.

stom

. Cf.

Stem

to resist,

Stumble

To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and difficulty; to stutter.

I would thou couldst

stammer

, that thou mightest pour this concealed man out of thy mouth, as wine comes out of a narrow-mouthed bottle, either too much at once, or none at all.

Shakespeare

Stam′mer

(stăm′mẽr)

Verb.

To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; – sometimes with out.

Stam′mer

Noun.

Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of utterance; a stutter.

Webster 1828 Edition

Stammer

STAMMER

Verb.

Literally, to stop in uttering syllables or words; to stutter; to hesitate or falter in speaking; and hence, to speak with stops and difficulty. Demosthenes is said to have stammered in speaking, and to have overcome the difficulty by persevering efforts.

STAMMER

Verb.

To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly.

Definition 2024

stammer

See also: stämmer

English

Verb

stammer ‎(third-person singular simple present stammers, present participle stammering, simple past and past participle stammered)

To keep repeating a particular sound involuntarily during speech.

Translations

to stutter

Albanian: belbëzoj (sq)
Arabic: تَلَجْلَجَ ‎(talajlaja)
Armenian: կակազել (hy) ‎(kakazel), թլվատել (hy) ‎(tʿlvatel)
Asturian: tartayar, tatexar, atartayar
Azeri: kəkələmək (az), pəltəkləmək
Belarusian: заіка́цца impf ‎(zaikácca)
Bulgarian: заеквам (bg) impf ‎(zaekvam)
Burmese: ဆွံ့ (my) ‎(hcwam.)
Catalan: quequejar (ca), tartamudejar (ca), titubar (ca), titubejar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 口吃 (zh) ‎(kǒuchī), 結巴 (zh), 结巴 (zh) ‎(jiēbā), 磕巴 ‎(kēbā), 漏口 ‎(lòukǒu), 吶吶 (zh), 呐呐 (zh) ‎(nànà), 吞吐 (zh) ‎(tūntǔ)
Crimean Tatar: tutuqlanmaq
Czech: koktat (cs) impf, zajíkat se impf
Danish: stamme
Dutch: stotteren (nl)
Esperanto: balbuti
Estonian: kogelema
Finnish: änkyttää (fi), takellella (fi)
French: balbutier (fr), bégayer (fr)
Georgian:
German: stammeln (de), stottern (de)
Greek: τραυλίζω (el) ‎(travlízo)
Hebrew: גמגם ‎(gimgém)
Hindi: हकलाना (hi) ‎(haklānā)
Hungarian: dadog (hu)
Ido: balbutar (io)
Icelandic: stama
Irish: beith ag stadaireacht
Italian: balbettare, tartagliare
Japanese: 吃る ‎(どもる, domoru)
Kazakh: кекештену ‎(kekeştenw), тұтығу ‎(tutığw)
Khmer: ជាប់អណ្ដាត ‎(coap ɑndaat), និយាយជាប់អណ្ដាត ‎(ni’yiey coap ɑndaat)
Korean: 더듬다 ‎(deodeumda), 말을 더듬다 ‎(mareul deodeumda)
Kyrgyz: кекечтенүү ‎(kekeçtenüü)

Lao: ພ່ຳ ‎(pham), ປາກພ່ຳ ‎(pāk pham), ປາກບໍ່ຖອງ ‎(pāk bǭ thǭng)
Latin: balbutio
Latvian: stostīties
Lithuanian: mikčioti
Macedonian: пелтечи impf ‎(pelteči), д'тка impf ‎(d'tka) (non-standard)
Maori: mamamama, kikikiki, kīkiki
Mongolian: ээрэх (mn) ‎(eereh)
Neapolitan: cacaglià
Norman: aheuqu'ter, bégaûder
Norwegian:
Bokmål: stamme (no)
Osage: ðéeze opásike
Polish: jąkać się impf
Portuguese: gaguejar (pt)
Quechua: aklluykachay, aklluy
Romanian: bâlbâi (ro)
Russian: заика́ться (ru) impf ‎(zaikátʹsja), запина́ться (ru) impf ‎(zapinátʹsja)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: муцати impf

Roman: mucati (sh) impf
Slovak: koktať impf
Slovene: jecljati impf
Spanish: tartamudear (es), balbucir (es)
Swedish: stamma (sv)
Tajik: сақав шуда мондан ‎(saqav šuda mondan), лакнати забон доштан ‎(laknati zabon doštan)
Thai: ติดอ่าง, อ่าง (th) ‎(àang)
Turkish: kekelemek (tr), pepelemek (tr)
Turkmen: sakynmak, sakawlamak, kekeçlemek
Ukrainian: заїка́тися impf ‎(zajikátysja), затина́тися impf ‎(zatynátysja)
Uzbek: duduqlanmoq (uz)
Vietnamese: nói lắp (vi), nghẹn lời (vi)
Welsh: cecian (cy), dydio
West Frisian: stammerje
Yiddish: שטאַמלען ‎(shtamlen)
Zazaki: kekezeyen

Synonyms

stutter

Noun

stammer ‎(plural stammers)

The involuntary repetition of a sound in speech.

Translations

involuntary repetition of sounds in speech

Albanian: belbëzim (sq)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 口吃 (zh) ‎(kǒuchī)
Finnish: änkytys (fi), takeltelu
French: bégaiement (fr) m
German: Stottern n
Hebrew: גמגום (he) ‎(gimgum)
Irish: maolteanga f, stad m, snag m
Italian: balbettio
Japanese: 吃り ‎(どもり, domori)
Korean: 더듬기 ‎(deodeumgi)

Polish: jąkać się
Portuguese: gaguejo (pt) m
Punjabi: ਥਥਲਾਉਣਾ (pa) ‎(thathlāuṇā)
Romanian: Balbism
Russian: заика́ние (ru) n ‎(zaikánije)
Slovene: jecljanje n
Spanish: tartamudeo (es) m
Swedish: stamning c
Telugu: నత్తి (te) ‎(natti)
Turkish: kekeleme (tr)
Welsh: atal dweud (cy) m

Danish

Noun

stammer c

plural indefinite of stamme

Verb

stammer

present tense of stamme

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

stammer m

indefinite plural of stamme

Verb

stammer

present tense of stamme

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

stammar

Noun

stammer m, f

indefinite feminine plural of stamme

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Definition 2024

stammer

stammer

English

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Noun

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Danish

Noun

Verb

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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