Damm
German, noun
Damm is spelled D-A-M-M (4 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written German, the 9,345th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Damm is a German masculine noun meaning “embankment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, dämm is a different word: “singular imperative of dämmen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch schüttende Anhäufung von Erdmassen und/oder Felsen, Steinen errichteter Wall”.
What does Damm mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineembankment
- 2
masculineperineum
verb
- 1
singular imperative of dämmen
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of dämmen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. durch schüttende Anhäufung von Erdmassen und/oder Felsen, Steinen errichteter Wall 2. der unter [1] beschriebene Wall als Uferbefestigung eines Gewässers zum Schutz vor Hochwasser 3. Anlage zum Stauen von Wasser 4. der unter [1] beschriebene Wall als Unterbau eines Verkehrsweges (Fahrweg, Schienenweg)
noun: 1. Becken für gestautes Wasser in der Art eines Stausees 2. kleine Mulde, in der sich Wasser angesammelt hat
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 Damm
- Dammes genitive
- Damms genitive
- Dämme plural
- Damme dative singular
- Dämmen dative definite plural
- Dämmchen diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Damm
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Damm in German?
Damm appears 7.1 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).