Eimer

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Eimer.

Proper noun

Eimer (plural Eimers)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Eimer is the 39117^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 563 individuals. Eimer is most common among White (92.54%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Eimer”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 517.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ̯mər/, [ˈʔäɪ.mɐ], [ˈʔäe̠.mɐ]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Ei‧mer
• Homophone: einmal (colloquial)

Etymology 1

From Middle High German eim(b)er, einber, Old High German einber, from Proto-West Germanic *ambrī. Cognate with Luxembourgish Eemer.

Noun

Eimer m (strong, genitive Eimers, plural Eimer)

1. (chiefly Germany) bucket, pail

   Synonym: Kübel

2. (colloquial, derogatory) idiot, loser

Declension

Declension of Eimer [masculine, strong]

	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

• eimerartig
• eimerweise
• im Eimer
• wie Arsch auf Eimer passen
• wie aus Eimern schütten

compound nouns

• Abfalleimer
• Eimerboden
• Eimerdeckel
• Eimerhenkel
• Eimerkette
• Eimerstapel
• Farbeimer
• Fleischeimer
• Kunststoffeimer
• Metalleimer
• Mülleimer
• Plasteeimer
• Plastikeimer

Etymology 2

From the ancient Germanic personal name *Agimar, composed of *aggju (“point, edge (of a sword)”) + *mārī (“famous”).

Proper noun

Eimer m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Eimers or (with an article) Eimer, feminine genitive Eimer, plural Eimers or Eimer)

1. a surname

Further reading

• “Eimer” in Duden online
• “Eimer”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)