hamstern
German, verb
hamstern is spelled H-A-M-S-T-E-R-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 99,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hamstern is a German verb meaning “to hoard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Hamstern is a different word: “gerund of hamstern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf Vorrat beschaffen; über den eigenen Bedarf hinaus anhäufen”.
What does hamstern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hoard
noun
- 1
neutergerund of hamstern
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Hamster
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. auf Vorrat beschaffen; über den eigenen Bedarf hinaus anhäufen 2. Lebensmittel tauschen, sich in Notzeiten (während und nach Kriegen) bei Bauern durch Tausch nicht lebensnotwendiger Gegenstände nötige Lebensmittel beschaffen
noun: 1. Horten von Lebensmitteln und Ähnlichem 2. Beschaffung von Lebensmitteln in Notzeiten
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 hamstern
- hamstert present singular third-person
- hamsterte past
- gehamstert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- hamsternd participle present
- hamstre first-person indicative present
- hamstere first-person indicative present
- hamster first-person indicative present
- hamsterst indicative present second-person
- hamsterest second-person singular subjunctive
- hamstrest second-person singular subjunctive
- hamsteret plural second-person subjunctive
- hamstret plural second-person subjunctive
- hamsterten first-person indicative plural
- hamstertest indicative preterite second-person
- hamstertet indicative plural preterite
- hamstere! imperative singular
- hamster! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to hamstern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hamstern in German?
hamstern appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).