dämmern
German, verb/ˈdɛmɐn/
dämmern is spelled D-Ä-M-M-E-R-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 108,721st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dämmern is a German verb meaning “to dawn (of day, morning); to fall (of dusk, evening)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “allmählich hell beziehungsweise dunkel werden; von einem Beleuchtungszustand in den anderen übergehen”.
What does dämmern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dawn (of day, morning); to fall (of dusk, evening)
Es dämmert.
- 2
to dawn [with dative ‘on’] (to start to appear or be realized)
Langsam dämmert es mir.
- 3
to doze
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. allmählich hell beziehungsweise dunkel werden; von einem Beleuchtungszustand in den anderen übergehen 2. hell werden 3. dunkel werden 4. etwas langsam, allmählich verstehen oder begreifen
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 dämmern
- dämmert present singular third-person
- dämmerte past
- gedämmert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- dämmernd participle present
- dämmre first-person indicative present
- dämmere first-person indicative present
- dämmer first-person indicative present
- dämmerst indicative present second-person
- dämmerest second-person singular subjunctive
- dämmrest second-person singular subjunctive
- dämmeret plural second-person subjunctive
- dämmret plural second-person subjunctive
- dämmerten first-person indicative plural
- dämmertest indicative preterite second-person
- dämmertet indicative plural preterite
- dämmere! imperative singular
- dämmert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dämmern?
- /ˈdɛmɐn/
- [ˈdɛmɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dämmern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dämmern in German?
dämmern appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).