immer

From Icelandic himbrimi (“surf roarer”)

immer

1. A bird in genus Gavia.

• Gavia immer

From Middle Dutch immer (“always”), from Old Dutch iomer (“always”). From ie (“always”) +‎ meer (“more”). Related to ieder, iemand, iets, ooit. Cognate with German immer.

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• Rhymes: -ɪmər

immer

1. (formal) always

• altijd
• altoos

• immers

• eeuwig
• voorgoed

From Middle High German immer (also iemer, imer), from Old High German iomēr (“always”). From io (“always”) +‎ mēr (“more”). Cognate with Dutch immer.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪmɐ/

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immer

1. always
   1. at all times without exception

      Irgendwo scheint immer die Sonne.

      The sun is always shining somewhere.

   2. very often; all the time; constantly

      Er will immer nur fernsehen.

      He just wants to watch telly all the time.

   3. every time; whenever some precondition is given

      Er erzählt immer dieselbe Geschichte.

      He always tells that same story.

2. (with comparative) more and more

   Es wird immer kälter. ― It's getting colder and colder.

3. (colloquial, unstressed) used to emphasize another adverb of time, which itself is stressed

   Er kommt immer nie pünktlich. ― He’s never on time.

   Ich bin oft immer sehr vergesslich. ― I’m often very forgetful.

   Manchmal hab ich immer das Gefühl, dass... ― Sometimes I get the feeling that...

• (at all times): stets (but somewhat uncommon in this sense); allzeit (dated, poetic)
• (very often): stets (formal); dauernd; ständig; immerzu
• (every time): stets (formal); jedes Mal

• immer gleich
• immer noch
• immer wieder
• immer wenn

• ewig

From Middle Low German immer, imber, iemmer, jummer, iemer, imer, from Old Saxon iomēr, eomēr, equivalent to je +‎ mehr.

immer

1. always; forever

• alltied

• IPA^(key): /ˈimɐ/

immer

1. always

   Du machst das immer.

   You always do that.

   Es is immer so.

   It's always like this.

   Sie nemmd immer eere grose Tasch mit.

   She always takes her big purse with her.

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immer

1. Alternative form of emmer