frommen
German, verb/ˈfʁɔmən/
frommen is spelled F-R-O-M-M-E-N (7 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written German, the 29,978th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Frommen is a German verb meaning “to be useful, to serve” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a strong genitive masculine/neuter singular of fromm. The German Wiktionary defines it as “nützlich, hilfreich sein”.
What does frommen mean in English?
verb
- 1
archaicto be useful, to serve
adjective
- 1
masculineneuterstrong genitive masculine/neuter singular
- 2
weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
- 3
masculinestrong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
- 4
strong dative plural
- 5
weak/mixed all-case plural
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. nützlich, hilfreich sein
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 frommen
- frommt present singular third-person
- frommte past
- gefrommt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- frommend participle present
- fromme first-person indicative present
- frommst indicative present second-person
- frommest second-person singular subjunctive
- frommet plural second-person subjunctive
- frommten first-person indicative plural
- frommtest indicative preterite second-person
- frommtet indicative plural preterite
- fromm imperative second-person singular
- habe gefrommt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gefrommt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- gefrommt haben active infinitive perfect
- zu frommen active extended infinitive
- gefrommt zu haben active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce frommen?
- /ˈfʁɔmən/
- [ˈfʁɔmən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is frommen in German?
frommen appears 1.5 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).