Meaning

  1. always
  2. always
  3. always
  4. to a greater degree over time, more and more
  5. (colloquial, unstressed) used to emphasize another adverb of time, which itself is stressed

Frequency

A1
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

immer

Graubünden

Graubünden

immer

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

immer

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

immer

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

immer

Fribourg

Fribourg

immer

Lucerne

Lucerne

immer

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

all

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

allawiil

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

als

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

allewyyl

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

allewyyle

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

alliwyyl

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɪmɐ/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German iemer (also imer, immer), from Old High German iomēr (“always”). From io (“always”) + mēr (“more”). Cognate with Dutch immer, German Low German immer, ümmer, jümmer, jümmers, Middle English a mare, aa mare (“evermore”).

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