Holzhammer
German, noun
Holzhammer is spelled H-O-L-Z-H-A-M-M-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 88,766th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Holzhammer is a German masculine noun meaning “wooden mallet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Holzhämmer is a different word: “nominative/genitive/accusative plural of Holzhammer”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Hammer aus Holz”.
What does Holzhammer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewooden mallet
noun
- 1
nominative/genitive/accusative plural of Holzhammer
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hammer aus Holz
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 Holzhammer
- Holzhammers genitive
- Holzhämmer plural
- Holzhämmern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Holzhammer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Holzhammer in German?
Holzhammer appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).