Samen
German, noun/ˈzaːmən/
Samen is spelled S-A-M-E-N (5 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,412th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Samen is a German masculine noun meaning “seed, grain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an inflection of Same (“Sami person”). The German Wiktionary defines it as “vielzelliger Fortpflanzungskörper der Samenpflanzen”.
What does Samen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineseed, grain
Die Samen haben schon gekeimt.
- 2
masculinesemen, sperm
- 3
masculineoffspring
noun
- 1
inflection of Same (“Sami person”)
- 2
genitive/dative/accusative singular
- 3
all-case plural
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vielzelliger Fortpflanzungskörper der Samenpflanzen 2. eine Menge von Samen 3. Sperma, Sekret der männlichen Geschlechtsdrüsen mit zahlreichen Samenzellen 4. Nachkommenschaft
verb: 1. Samen tragen/hervorbringen
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 Samen
- Samens genitive
- Same alternative archaic
- haben auxiliary perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Samen?
- /ˈzaːmən/
- [ˈzaːmən]
- […]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Samen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Samen in German?
Samen appears 11 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).