Hamster
German, noun
Hamster is spelled H-A-M-S-T-E-R (7 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written German, the 21,569th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hamster is a German masculine noun meaning “hamster” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, hamster is a different word: “singular imperative of hamstern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “maus- (Zwerghamster) bis fast kaninchengroßes (Feldhamster), dämmerungsaktives Nagetier, mit dichtem Fell und…”.
What does Hamster mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehamster
verb
- 1
singular imperative of hamstern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. maus- (Zwerghamster) bis fast kaninchengroßes (Feldhamster), dämmerungsaktives Nagetier, mit dichtem Fell und kurzem bis stummelartigem Schwanz (Familie Cricetidae)
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 Hamster
- Hamsters genitive
- Hamstern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Hamster
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hamster in German?
Hamster appears 2.3 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).