Zimmer
See also: Zimmer frame
English
German
Etymology
From Middle High German zimber, from Old High German zimbar, from Proto-Germanic *timrą, from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“build, house”) (see Proto-Indo-European *dṓm). Cognate with German Low German Simmer (Münsterländisch), English timber and Dutch timmer (“building; construction; room”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɪmɐ/
- (Austria)
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Noun
Zimmer n (genitive Zimmers, plural Zimmer)
- room (separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling)
- Synonym: Raum
- 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 19:
- Die eigenen Zimmer hatten sich die Enkel nach persönlichem Geschmack eingerichtet.
- The grandchildren had furnished their own rooms according to their personal taste.
- Die eigenen Zimmer hatten sich die Enkel nach persönlichem Geschmack eingerichtet.
Declension
Derived terms
- Arbeitszimmer n (“workroom”)
- Badezimmer n (“bathroom”)
- Esszimmer n (“dining room”)
- Frauenzimmer n (“woman”)
- Gästezimmer n (“guest room”)
- Hinterzimmer n (“backroom”)
- Klassenzimmer n (“classroom”)
- Schlafzimmer n (“bedroom”)
- Wohnzimmer n (“living room”)
- Zimmernummer f (“room number”)
- Zimmerpflanze f (“houseplant, indoor plant”)
- Zimmerschlüssel m (“room key”)
- Zimmerservice m or n (“room service”)
- Zimmertemperatur f (“room temperature”)
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