hämmern
German, verb
hämmern is spelled H-Ä-M-M-E-R-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). Hämmern is a German verb meaning “to hammer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Hämmern is a different word: “dative plural of Hammer”. On this page, Hammern is a different word: “dative plural of Hammer”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit einem Hammer oder einem anderen Gegenstand wiederholt auf etwas einschlagen”.
What does hämmern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hammer
noun
- 1
dative plural of Hammer
noun
- 1
neutergerund of hämmern
noun
- 1
dative plural of Hammer
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit einem Hammer oder einem anderen Gegenstand wiederholt auf etwas einschlagen 2. etwas mit dem Hammer bearbeiten 3. ein stetiges, klopfendes Geräusch verursachen 4. jemandem etwas einprägen
noun: 1. hämmerndes Geräusch
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 hämmern
- hämmert present singular third-person
- hämmerte past
- gehämmert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- hämmernd participle present
- hämmre first-person indicative present
- hämmere first-person indicative present
- hämmer first-person indicative present
- hämmerst indicative present second-person
- hämmerest second-person singular subjunctive
- hämmrest second-person singular subjunctive
- hämmeret plural second-person subjunctive
- hämmret plural second-person subjunctive
- hämmerten first-person indicative plural
- hämmertest indicative preterite second-person
- hämmertet indicative plural preterite
- hämmere! imperative singular
- hämmert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to hämmern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hämmern in German?
hämmern 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).