ähm
German, interjection[…]
ähm is spelled Ä-H-M (3 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written German, the 5,583rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ähm is a German interjection meaning “Um; uh (space filler or pause during conversation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does ähm mean in English?
interjection
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Um; uh (space filler or pause during conversation).
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. eben, tatsächlich
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce ähm?
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Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ähm
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ähm in German?
ähm appears 13 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).