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Zimmer.

room (separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling)

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈt͡sɪmɐ/

  1. room (separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling)

    neuter · strong

  2. timber

    neuter · obsolete · strong
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German zimber, from Old High German zimbar, from Proto-West Germanic *timr, from Proto-Germanic *timrą, from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“build, house”) (see Proto-Indo-European *dṓm). Cognate with English timber, Swedish timmer (“timber”), and Dutch timmer (“building; construction; room”).

name/ˈt͡sɪmɐ/

  1. a surname

    feminine · masculine · proper-noun · surname
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German zimber, from Old High German zimbar, from Proto-West Germanic *timr, from Proto-Germanic *timrą, from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“build, house”) (see Proto-Indo-European *dṓm). Cognate with English timber, Swedish timmer (“timber”), and Dutch timmer (“building; construction; room”).

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