timmer

Meaning

Noun

1. (archaic, masculine, neuter) building, construction
2. (archaic, masculine, neuter) construction work
3. (archaic, masculine, neuter) room, chamber
4. (archaic, masculine, neuter) act of building or carpentry
5. (archaic, masculine, neuter) building material

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of timmeren:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of timmeren:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of timmeren:

timmeren

1. to perform carpentry, to build, to construct
2. to hammer

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɪmər/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: timmer

Inherited from Old Dutch: *timmer

In summary

From Middle Dutch timmer, from Old Dutch *timmer, from Proto-West Germanic *timr, from Proto-Germanic *timrą, from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“build, house”).