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hammer

German, verb

hammer is spelled H-A-M-M-E-R (6 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written German, the 3,246th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hammer is a German verb meaning “contraction of haben + wir” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Hammer is a different word: “hammer, mallet”. On this page, Hämmer is a different word: “nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Hammer”. With an umlaut, hämmer is a different word: “first-person singular present”.

What does hammer mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    colloquialcontraction of haben + wir

    Da hammer jetz' keine Zeit für.

noun

as Hammer
  1. 1

    masculinehammer, mallet

  2. 2

    informalmasculinesensation, something extraordinary (be it positive or negative)

  3. 3

    masculinea hard shot, slam

noun

as Hammer
  1. 1

    masculinesomeone from the city of Hamm

adjective

as Hammer
  1. 1

    of Hamm

noun

as Hämmer
  1. 1

    nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Hammer

verb

as hämmer
  1. 1

    first-person singular present

  2. 2

    singular imperative

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

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Werkzeug bestehend aus Hammerkopf und Stiel 2. große Maschine zur Umformung von Metall 3. Klöppel bei mechanischen Klavierinstrumenten 4. eines der drei Gehörknöchelchen im Ohr

noun: 1. Einwohner von Hamm (männlich oder unbestimmten Geschlechts)

adjective: 1. zu Hamm gehörig, aus Hamm stammend

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 hammer

  • Hammers genitive
  • Hämmer plural
  • Hämmerchen diminutive neuter
  • Hämmerlein diminutive neuter
  • Hämmern dative definite plural
  • Hammern dative definite plural
  • Hammerin feminine

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

English words that translate to hammer

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is hammer in German?

hammer appears 25 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).

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