stampfen
German, verb/ʃtam(p)fən/
stampfen is spelled S-T-A-M-P-F-E-N (8 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 32,479th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stampfen is a German verb meaning “to stamp, to stomp, to clomp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von oben mit seinem Gewicht nach unten, auf den Boden einwirken”.
What does stampfen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stamp, to stomp, to clomp
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. von oben mit seinem Gewicht nach unten, auf den Boden einwirken 2. Metall mit einer Hohlform bearbeiten 3. querseitige Auf- und Ab-Bewegung eines Schiffes oder Boots bei Wellengang
noun: 1. stampfendes Geräusch
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 stampfen
- stampft present singular third-person
- stampfte past
- gestampft participle past
- haben auxiliary
- stampfend participle present
- stampfe first-person indicative present
- stampfst indicative present second-person
- stampfest second-person singular subjunctive
- stampfet plural second-person subjunctive
- stampften first-person indicative plural
- stampftest indicative preterite second-person
- stampftet indicative plural preterite
- stampf imperative second-person singular
- habe gestampft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gestampft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- stampf! imperative singular
- stampft! imperative plural
- gestampft haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce stampfen?
- /ʃtam(p)fən/
- [ˈʃtamp͡fn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to stampfen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is stampfen in German?
stampfen appears 1.3 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).