flammen
German, verb
flammen is spelled F-L-A-M-M-E-N (7 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,412th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flammen is a German verb meaning “to flame (burn with a flame, also figuratively)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, flämmen is a different word: “to burn outwardly (e.g. with a gas burner), to singe”. With a capital, Flammen is a different word: “plural of Flamme "flames"”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “(mit sichtbarer Flamme) brennen”.
What does flammen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to flame (burn with a flame, also figuratively)
verb
- 1
to burn outwardly (e.g. with a gas burner), to singe
noun
- 1
plural of Flamme "flames"
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (mit sichtbarer Flamme) brennen 2. voller Emotionen sein und dadurch funkeln und strahlen
verb: 1. mit offener Flamme abbrennen (bei geschlachteten Tieren, um dadurch Borsten oder Federkiele zu entfernen)
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 flammen
- flammt present singular third-person
- flammte past
- geflammt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- flammend participle present
- flamme first-person indicative present
- flammst indicative present second-person
- flammest second-person singular subjunctive
- flammet plural second-person subjunctive
- flammten first-person indicative plural
- flammtest indicative preterite second-person
- flammtet indicative plural preterite
- flamm imperative second-person singular
- habe geflammt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geflammt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- flamm! imperative singular
- flamme! imperative singular
- flammt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is flammen in German?
flammen appears 11 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).