eimber

Middle High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Old High German amber, from Proto-West Germanic *ambrī.

    Noun

    eimber m

    1. bucket

    Declension

    Declension of eimber (strong masculine without umlaut)
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein dër eimber die eimber, eimbere
    genitive eines dës eimbers, eimberes dër eimber, eimbere
    dative eime dëm eimber, eimbere dën eimbern, eimberen
    accusative einen dën eimber die eimber, eimbere

    Descendants

    • Central Franconian:
    • German: Eimer, Amper
    • Rhine Franconian:
      • Pennsylvania German: Eemer
    • Yiddish: עמער (emer)

    References

    • Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “eimber”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
    • Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “eimber”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition
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