Hammelsprung
German, noun[ˈhaml̩ˌʃpʁʊŋ]
Hammelsprung is spelled H-A-M-M-E-L-S-P-R-U-N-G (12 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written German, the 330,389th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hammelsprung is a German masculine noun meaning “A way of voting, functionally comparable to a division in the UK parliament, where the members or delegates leave the hall and re-enter it…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Form der Abstimmung, bei der alle Mitglieder eines Parlaments den Sitzungssaal verlassen und ihn durch einen…”.
What does Hammelsprung mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineA way of voting, functionally comparable to a division in the UK parliament, where the members or delegates leave the hall and re-enter it through three doors marked as aye, nay, and abstention.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Form der Abstimmung, bei der alle Mitglieder eines Parlaments den Sitzungssaal verlassen und ihn durch einen von drei Eingänge wieder betreten
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 Hammelsprung
- Hammelsprungs genitive
- Hammelsprünge plural
- Hammelsprunges genitive singular
- Hammelsprunge dative singular
- Hammelsprüngen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hammelsprung?
- [ˈhaml̩ˌʃpʁʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Hammelsprung in German?
Hammelsprung appears about once in every 32 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).