dämmen

[ˈdɛmən]

/[ˈdɛmən]/ verb

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The verdict

“dämmen” is uncommon German (frequency #52,037 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,037
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (etwas, vor allem Wasser) durch einen Damm aufhalten

Corpus desk

Index DE-dammen · dämmen · German

dämmen · rank #52,037 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,037
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH düsteres

Nearest frequency peer: düsteres (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „dämmen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „dämmen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dämmen
PropertyValue
Headworddämmen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈdɛmən]
Letters6
Frequency rank#52,037
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „dämmen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).dämmenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „düsteres“ (#52,038), „Ebersbach“ (#52,039), „durchgesehen“ (#52,034). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „dämmen“ bei #52,037. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dämmen is uncommon German at frequency #52,037 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈdɛmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for dämmen in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is dämmen, spelled D-Ä-M-M-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    (etwas, vor allem Wasser) durch einen Damm aufhalten
  2. 2
    durch Isolierung etwas abschirmen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how dämmen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Wände dämmen, Heizung erneuern oder Bad modernisieren: Hier sehen Sie, was Sie alles mit uns realisieren können.“

Synonyms

abhaltenabschirmenabwehrenabweisenabwendenaufhaltensichbändigenbekämpfenfernhaltenschützenmäßigenabdämpfenabfedernabmildernabschirmenabschwächenauffangenaufschluckendämpfenherabmindernherabsetzenisolierenmildernreduzierenverringern

This word in other languages

dam(English)aislar(Español)endiguer(Français)represar(Português)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dämmen"?
"dämmen" is spelled D-Ä-M-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdɛmən].
What does "dämmen" mean?
As a verb, "dämmen" means: (etwas, vor allem Wasser) durch einen Damm aufhalten
How do you pronounce "dämmen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dämmen" is [ˈdɛmən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dämmen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dämmen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dealen#52,017damage#52,013cantor#52,004Fabeln#52,074

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list