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Hammerwerfer

German, noun[ˈhamɐˌvɛʁfɐ]

Hammerwerfer is spelled H-A-M-M-E-R-W-E-R-F-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written German, the 261,124th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hammerwerfer is a German masculine noun meaning “hammer thrower” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die das Hammerwerfen ausübt”.

What does Hammerwerfer mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinehammer thrower

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

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Person, die das Hammerwerfen ausübt

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 Hammerwerfer

  • Hammerwerfers genitive
  • Hammerwerferin feminine
  • Hammerwerfern dative definite plural

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

How do you pronounce Hammerwerfer?

  • [ˈhamɐˌvɛʁfɐ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is Hammerwerfer in German?

Hammerwerfer appears about once in every 21 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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