Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

timmer

/tˈɪmɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables: tim-mer
IPA: /tˈɪmɚ/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Countable; Uncountable

name

A surname from Dutch [in turn originating as an occupation], equivalent to English Carpenter for a carpenter from Dutch timmer (“construction, room”).

Example Sentences

"Though no a bird can now be heard ⁠Upon the leafless timmer; Whate'er betide, the ingle side ⁠Can mak' the winter simmer!"
""Forbye," said the Butler, most irreverently raising his voice to a pitch which drowned his master's, "the fire made fast on us, owing to the store of tapestry and carved timmer in the banqueting ha', and the loons ran like scauded rats so soon as they heard of the gunpouther.""

Etymology

* As a Dutch and north German surname, from Timmer (“timber”). * Also as a north German surname, variant of Thiemer, Dittmar, corresponding to Proto-West Germanic *þeudu (“people”) + *mari (“famous”).

Origin

Source language: Dutch

Word Breakdown

Root: -, *þeudu

Usage

Inflected Forms

timmers (plural) Timmers (alternative) Timmerman (alternative) Timmermans (alternative)

Phrases

belly-timmer

Rhymes With

swimmer simmer zimmer glimmer shimmer slimmer trimmer dimmer rimmer timur skimmer schwimmer

Questions

How do you pronounce timmer?: The recorded pronunciation is /tˈɪmɚ/.
What does timmer mean?: timber
Where does timmer come from?: It is traced to Dutch.

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