Hammerwerfen
German, noun[ˈhamɐˌvɛʁfn̩]
Hammerwerfen is spelled H-A-M-M-E-R-W-E-R-F-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 136,587th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hammerwerfen is a German neuter noun meaning “hammer throw” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Sportdisziplin, bei der eine an einem Stahldraht befestigte Kugel aus dem Hammerwurfring möglichst weit…”.
What does Hammerwerfen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterhammer throw
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sportdisziplin, bei der eine an einem Stahldraht befestigte Kugel aus dem Hammerwurfring möglichst weit geworfen werden soll
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 Hammerwerfen
- Hammerwerfens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hammerwerfen?
- [ˈhamɐˌvɛʁfn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Hammerwerfen in German?
Hammerwerfen appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).