Daumen
German, noun/ˈdaʊ̯mən/
Daumen is spelled D-A-U-M-E-N (6 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written German, the 4,781st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Daumen is a German masculine noun meaning “thumb” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Finger der Hand, der nur aus zwei Fingergliedknochen besteht und aufgrund seiner Position und Beweglichkeit…”.
What does Daumen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethumb
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Finger der Hand, der nur aus zwei Fingergliedknochen besteht und aufgrund seiner Position und Beweglichkeit den anderen Fingern gegenübergestellt werden kann
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 Daumen
- Daumens genitive
- Däumchen diminutive neuter
- Däumlein diminutive neuter
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Daumen?
- /ˈdaʊ̯mən/
- [ˈdaʊ̯mən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Daumen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Daumen in German?
Daumen appears 16 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).