am
German, particle
am is spelled A-M (2 letters) and appears 2,884 times per million words in written German, the 50th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Am is a German particle meaning “Precedes the superlative in adverbial and predicate use” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, AM is a different word: “acronym of Anwendungsmanagement”.
What does am mean in English?
contraction
- 1
contraction of an (“at/on”) + dem (“the”, masculine/neuter dative singular)
am Ende
- 2
Austriacontraction of auf (“on/at”) + dem (“the”, masculine/neuter dative singular)
am Berg
particle
- 1
Precedes the superlative in adverbial and predicate use.
am schnellsten
- 2
informalUsed to form the progressive aspect of verbs, especially intransitive ones.
Wir sind noch am Überlegen, wie wir es angehen.
noun
- 1
neuteracronym of Anwendungsmanagement
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Angabe eines Zeitpunkts - wann? 2. in Wendungen, oft übertragen Angabe eines Ortes - wo? - am kann nicht durch „an dem“ ersetzt werden 3. Angabe der geographischen Lage (einer Stadt) 4. steht vor dem Superlativ
abbreviation: 1. Angabe eines Ortes - auf dem
abbreviation: 1. amerikanisch 2. amorph
abbreviation: 1. Amplitudenmodulation 2. Abrechnungsmaschine 3. Air Mail 4. Amperemeter
abbreviation: 1. Buch Amos
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of am
- AMs genitive
- a. abbreviation
- amer. alternative
- amerik. alternative
- amerikan. alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to am
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is am in German?
am appears 2,884 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).