stammer

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To keep repeating a particular sound involuntarily during speech.
2. (transitive) To utter with a stammer, or with timid hesitancy.

Noun

1. The involuntary repetition of a sound in speech.
2. A speech defect whereby someone speaks with a stammer

Sinonieme

stutter

falter

stumble

splutter

hesitate

sputter

lisp

bumble

babble

stammering

stuttering

maffle

faltering

stop short

one who stutters

titubate

mumble

whirr

hem and haw

hum and haw

be sluggish

be stagnant

be sedimented

be precipitated

speak hesitantly

blunder out

bubble

burble

deposit

drone

gurgle

hack

haw

hesitant

hum

murmur

purr

rumble

settle

speech impediment

stagnate

Vertalings

bégayer

stottern

tartamudear

balbutier

balbettare

stammeln

stotteren

bégaiement

balbucear

gaguejar

stamelen

bafouiller

hakkelen

quequejar

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈstæmə/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: stameren

Geërf van Old English: stamerian

Verwante met Duits: stammeln

Verwante met Nederlands: stameren

Verwante met Old Norse: stammr

In summary

From Middle English stameren, from Old English stamerian, from Proto-West Germanic *stamrōn, from Proto-Germanic *stamrōną (“to stammer”). Compare German stammeln, Dutch stameren, Old Norse stammr. Doublet of stumble.