trampen
German, verb
trampen is spelled T-R-A-M-P-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 76,606th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trampen is a German verb meaning “to hitchhike” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Trampen is a different word: “gerund of trampen: hitchhiking”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “per Anhalter fahren”.
What does trampen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hitchhike
- 2
datedrareto tramp
verb
- 1
archaicto step; to tread
noun
- 1
neutergerund of trampen: hitchhiking
noun
- 1
neutergerund of trampen: stepping
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. per Anhalter fahren
noun: 1. Fahren per Anhalter
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 trampen
- trampt present singular third-person
- trampte past
- getrampt participle past
- sein auxiliary
- trampend participle present
- trampe first-person indicative present
- trampst indicative present second-person
- trampest second-person singular subjunctive
- trampet plural second-person subjunctive
- trampten first-person indicative plural
- tramptest indicative preterite second-person
- tramptet indicative plural preterite
- tramp imperative second-person singular
- bin getrampt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- sind getrampt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- tramp! imperative singular
- trampe! imperative singular
- trampt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to trampen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trampen in German?
trampen 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).