amen
German, interjection
amen is spelled A-M-E-N (4 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written German, the 13,339th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amen is a German interjection meaning “amen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Amen is a different word: “amen (the formula)”.
What does amen mean in English?
interjection
- 1
amen
noun
- 1
neuteramen (the formula)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Akklamationsformel im jüdischen, christlichen und islamischen Gottesdienst, die als Bekräftigung am Ende eines Gebets, Segens, einer Schriftlesung oder Predigt dient
noun: 1. eine als Bekräftigung am Ende eines Gebets, Segens, einer Schriftlesung oder Predigt dienende Akklamationsformel im jüdischen, christlichen und islamischen Gottesdienst
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 amen
- Amens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to amen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amen in German?
amen appears 4.5 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).