# stammer

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈstæmə/ · frequency rank #53,874

## Definitions
1. To keep repeating a particular sound involuntarily during speech.
2. To utter with a stammer, or with timid hesitancy.

## Etymology
From Middle English stameren, from Old English stamerian, from Proto-West Germanic *stamrōn, from Proto-Germanic *stamrōną (“to stammer”). Compare German stammeln, Dutch stameren, Old Norse stammr. Doublet of stumble.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/stammer