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Hamen

German, noun

Hamen is spelled H-A-M-E-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written German, the 257,657th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hamen is a German masculine noun meaning “yoke (for draft animals)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Hämen is a different word: “dative plural of Häm”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Halsjoch der Zugtiere”.

What does Hamen mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineyoke (for draft animals)

  2. 2

    masculinestake-net, draw-net, gillnet (a quadrangular fishing net which is kept open by a frame or diagonal poles, and is left in the water for only a short time)

  3. 3

    masculinefishhook made of tin or brass

noun

as Hämen
  1. 1

    neuterdative plural of Häm

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. das Halsjoch der Zugtiere 2. ein viereckiges Fischernetz, das durch einen Rahmen oder Diagonalstangen offen gehalten wird und mittels einer Stange kurze Zeit ins Wasser gehalten wird 3. ein Angelhaken aus Zinn oder Messing

verb: 1. hämisch reden

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 Hamen

  • Hamens genitive
  • häme present
  • hämst present
  • hämt present
  • hämte past
  • häm! imperative singular
  • häme! imperative singular
  • hämt! imperative plural
  • gehämt participle-2 perfect
  • haben auxiliary perfect
  • gehämt haben active infinitive perfect
  • zu hämen active extended infinitive
  • gehämt zu haben active extended infinitive
  • hämend participle present active
  • habe gehämt! imperative uncommon second-person
  • habt gehämt! imperative uncommon second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How common is Hamen in German?

Hamen appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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