The new boy had a nervous stammer.
Source: tatoeba (43500)
Stammer
//ˈstæmɚ//
Synonyms for "stammer" (69 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (34)
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9 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesis a
1 entriesTranslations
180 translations across 88 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- belbëzim noun (involuntary repetition of sounds in speech)
- belbëzoj verb (to stutter)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- βατταλογέω verb (to stutter)
Arabic
3 entries- تَلَجْلَجَ verb (to stutter)
- تَلَعْثَمَ verb (to stutter)
- لدغ verb (to stutter)
Armenian
2 entries- թլվատել verb (to stutter)
- կակազել verb (to stutter)
Asturian
3 entries- atartayar verb (to stutter)
- tartayar verb (to stutter)
- tatexar verb (to stutter)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- kəkələmək verb (to stutter)
- pəltəkləmək verb (to stutter)
Belarusian
1 entries- заіка́цца verb (to stutter)
Bulgarian
4 entries- заекване noun (involuntary repetition of sounds in speech)
- пелтечене noun (involuntary repetition of sounds in speech)
- заеквам verb (to stutter)
- пелтеча verb (to stutter)
Burmese
1 entries- ဆွံ့ verb (to stutter)
Catalan
4 entries- quequejar verb (to stutter)
- tartamudejar verb (to stutter)
- titubar verb (to stutter)
- titubejar verb (to stutter)
Cebuano
1 entries- kanga verb (to stutter)
Chinese
3 entries- 大舌 verb (to stutter)
- 大舌口 verb (to stutter)
- 重句 verb (to stutter)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 口吃 noun (involuntary repetition of sounds in speech)
- 口吃 verb (to stutter)
- 吞吐 verb (to stutter)
- 吶吶 /呐呐 verb (to stutter)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- tutuqlanmaq verb (to stutter)
Czech
2 entries- koktat verb (to stutter)
- zajíkat se verb (to stutter)
Danish
1 entries- stamme verb (to stutter)
Dutch
2 entries- hakkelen verb (to stutter)
- stotteren verb (to stutter)
Elfdalian
1 entries- stotå verb (to stutter)
Esperanto
1 entries- balbuti verb (to stutter)
Estonian
1 entries- kogelema verb (to stutter)
Faroese
1 entries- stama verb (to stutter)
Finnish
4 entries- takeltelu noun (involuntary repetition of sounds in speech)
- änkytys noun (involuntary repetition of sounds in speech)
- takellella verb (to stutter)
- änkyttää verb (to stutter)
French
3 entries- bégaiement noun (involuntary repetition of sounds in speech)
- balbutier verb (to stutter)
- bégayer verb (to stutter)
Galician
1 entries- tatexar verb (to stutter)
Georgian
1 entries- ბლუ verb (to stutter)
German
3 entries- Stottern noun (involuntary repetition of sounds in speech)
- stammeln verb (to stutter)
- stottern verb (to stutter)
Greek
3 entries- τραυλισμός noun (involuntary repetition of sounds in speech)
- τραύλισμα noun (involuntary repetition of sounds in speech)
- τραυλίζω verb (to stutter)
Greenlandic
1 entries- ittoqerpoq verb (to stutter)
Hebrew
2 entries- גמגום noun (involuntary repetition of sounds in speech)
- גמגם verb (to stutter)
Higaonon
1 entries- tagkangakanga verb (to stutter)
Hindi
4 entries- हकलापन noun (involuntary repetition of sounds in speech)
- हकलाहट noun (involuntary repetition of sounds in speech)
- लड़खड़ाना verb (to stutter)
- हँकलाना verb (to stutter)
Hungarian
2 entries- dadog verb (to stutter)
- hebeg verb (to stutter)
Icelandic
1 entries- stama verb (to stutter)
Ido
1 entries- balbutar verb (to stutter)
Irish
4 entries- maolteanga noun (involuntary repetition of sounds in speech)
- snag noun (involuntary repetition of sounds in speech)
- stad noun (involuntary repetition of sounds in speech)
- beith ag stadaireacht verb (to stutter)
Italian
3 entries- balbettio noun (involuntary repetition of sounds in speech)
- balbettare verb (to stutter)
- tartagliare verb (to stutter)
Japanese
2 entries- 吃り noun (involuntary repetition of sounds in speech)
- 吃る verb (to stutter)
Kabuverdianu
2 entries- gagixa noun (involuntary repetition of sounds in speech)
- gagixa verb (to stutter)
Kazakh
2 entries- кекештенуl verb (to stutter)
- тұтығу verb (to stutter)
Khmer
2 entries- ជាប់អណ្ដាត verb (to stutter)
- និយាយជាប់អណ្ដាត verb (to stutter)
Korean
3 entries- 더듬기 noun (involuntary repetition of sounds in speech)
- 더듬다 verb (to stutter)
- 말을 더듬다 verb (to stutter)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- кекечтенүү verb (to stutter)
Ladin
3 entries- chechenië verb (to stutter)
- cocogné verb (to stutter)
- cuchenië verb (to stutter)
Lao
3 entries- ປາກບໍ່ຖອງ verb (to stutter)
- ປາກພ່ຳ verb (to stutter)
- ພ່ຳ verb (to stutter)
Latin
2 entries- balbutiō verb (to stutter)
- friguttiō verb (to stutter)
Latvian
1 entries- stostīties verb (to stutter)
Lithuanian
1 entries- mikčioti verb (to stutter)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- tuddelen verb (to stutter)
Macedonian
2 entries- д’тка verb (to stutter)
- пелтечи verb (to stutter)
Mingrelian
1 entries- ბურდინა verb (to stutter)
Mongolian
1 entries- ээрэх verb (to stutter)
Māori
3 entries- kikikiki verb (to stutter)
- kīkiki verb (to stutter)
- mamamama verb (to stutter)
Neapolitan
1 entries- cacaglià verb (to stutter)
Norman
2 entries- aheuqu'ter verb (to stutter)
- bégaûder verb (to stutter)
Northern Sami
2 entries- vavdat verb (to stutter)
- vavddadit verb (to stutter)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- stamme verb (to stutter)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- stamma verb (to stutter)
Old Church Slavonic
1 entries- влъснѫти verb (to stutter)
Osage
1 entries- ðéeze opásike verb (to stutter)
Polish
2 entries- jąkanie noun (involuntary repetition of sounds in speech)
- jąkać się verb (to stutter)
Portuguese
2 entries- gaguejo noun (involuntary repetition of sounds in speech)
- gaguejar verb (to stutter)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਥਥਲਾਉਣਾ noun (involuntary repetition of sounds in speech)
Quechua
3 entries- aklluy verb (to stutter)
- aklluykachay verb (to stutter)
- hanllay verb (to stutter)
Romanian
2 entries- Balbism noun (involuntary repetition of sounds in speech)
- bâlbâi verb (to stutter)
Romansch
1 entries- balbegiar verb (to stutter)
Russian
3 entries- заика́ние noun (involuntary repetition of sounds in speech)
- заика́ться verb (to stutter)
- запина́ться verb (to stutter)
Sanskrit
1 entries- कण्ठभङ्ग noun (involuntary repetition of sounds in speech)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- mucati verb (to stutter)
- муцати verb (to stutter)
Slovak
3 entries- koktanie noun (involuntary repetition of sounds in speech)
- koktať verb (to stutter)
- zajakať sa verb (to stutter)
Slovene
2 entries- jecljanje noun (involuntary repetition of sounds in speech)
- jecljati verb (to stutter)
Spanish
4 entries- tartamudeo noun (involuntary repetition of sounds in speech)
- balbucear verb (to stutter)
- balbucir verb (to stutter)
- cancanear verb (to stutter)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- gagu verb (to stutter)
Swahili
2 entries- kigugumizi noun (involuntary repetition of sounds in speech)
- gugumiza verb (to stutter)
Swedish
2 entries- stamning noun (involuntary repetition of sounds in speech)
- stamma verb (to stutter)
Tajik
2 entries- лакнати забон доштан verb (to stutter)
- сақав шуда мондан verb (to stutter)
Telugu
1 entries- నత్తి noun (involuntary repetition of sounds in speech)
Thai
2 entries- ติดอ่าง verb (to stutter)
- อ่าง verb (to stutter)
Turkish
3 entries- kekeleme noun (involuntary repetition of sounds in speech)
- kekelemek verb (to stutter)
- pepelemek verb (to stutter)
Turkmen
3 entries- kekeçlemek verb (to stutter)
- sakawlamak verb (to stutter)
- sakynmak verb (to stutter)
Tày
1 entries- bử verb (to stutter)
Ukrainian
3 entries- заїкання noun (involuntary repetition of sounds in speech)
- затина́тися verb (to stutter)
- заїка́тися verb (to stutter)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- jakotać verb (to stutter)
Uzbek
1 entries- duduqlanmoq verb (to stutter)
Vietnamese
3 entries- cà lăm verb (to stutter)
- nói lắp verb (to stutter)
- vấp lưỡi verb (to stutter)
Welsh
3 entries- atal dweud noun (involuntary repetition of sounds in speech)
- cecian verb (to stutter)
- dydio verb (to stutter)
West-Frisian
1 entries- stammerje verb (to stutter)
Yiddish
1 entries- שטאַמלען verb (to stutter)
Zazaki
1 entries- kekezeyen verb (to stutter)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
When I tried to speak to her, I always found myself too shy to do more than stammer or say something stupid.
Source: tatoeba (308940)
Don't stammer!
Source: tatoeba (1357265)
When I tried to speak to her, I was always too nervous to do more than stammer or say something stupid.
Source: tatoeba (5416730)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.