Dampfer
German, noun
Dampfer is spelled D-A-M-P-F-E-R (7 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written German, the 22,305th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dampfer is a German masculine noun meaning “steamer (steamboat, steamship)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Dämpfer is a different word: “dampener”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Motorschiff, das von einer Dampfmaschine angetrieben wird”.
What does Dampfer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesteamer (steamboat, steamship)
noun
- 1
masculinedampener
- 2
masculinecushion
- 3
masculinemuffler
- 4
masculinecheck
- 5
masculinesilencer
- 6
masculinedeadener
- 7
masculinesoft pedal (piano)
- 8
masculinemute
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Motorschiff, das von einer Dampfmaschine angetrieben wird
noun: 1. Person, die eine elektrische Zigarette verwendet
noun: 1. Gerät zum Abschwächen eines Tons 2. Gerät zum Abschwächen von Stößen 3. Haushaltsgerät zum Garen von Speisen durch Wasserdampf 4. Zurechtweisung, Rüge
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 Dampfer
- Dampfers genitive
- Dampfern dative definite plural
- Dämpfers genitive
- Dämpfern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Dampfer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Dampfer in German?
Dampfer appears 2.2 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).