Eimer

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈʔaɪ̯mɐ]

Etymology 1

From Middle High German eim(b)er, einber, Old High German einber, probably from Latin amphora. Cognate with Dutch emmer (“a bucket”), Low German Ammel (“a bucket”), Luxembourgish Eemer (“a bucket”), Norwegian ambar (“a bucket”), Swedish ämbar (“a bucket”), West Frisian amer (“a bucket”). Related to Middle English ambre (“a bucket”), Old English amber (“a bucket”).

Noun

Eimer m (genitive Eimers, plural Eimer)

bucket

Declension

Declension of Eimer

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Eimer	die	Eimer
genitive	eines	des	Eimers	der	Eimer
dative	einem	dem	Eimer	den	Eimern
accusative	einen	den	Eimer	die	Eimer

Derived terms

Abfalleimer

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Eimer m, f (genitive Eimers)

A surname.

Further reading

Eimer in Duden online

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