Zimmermannshammer
German, noun
Zimmermannshammer is spelled Z-I-M-M-E-R-M-A-N-N-S-H-A-M-M-E-R (17 letters) and appears about once in every 60 million words in written German, the 476,489th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zimmermannshammer is a German masculine noun meaning “carpenter's hammer, claw hammer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Zimmermannshämmer is a different word: “nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Zimmermannshammer”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Spezialhammer für Zimmerleute und andere im Holzbau tätige Berufe”.
What does Zimmermannshammer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecarpenter's hammer, claw hammer
noun
- 1
masculinenominative/accusative/genitive plural of Zimmermannshammer
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Spezialhammer für Zimmerleute und andere im Holzbau tätige Berufe
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 Zimmermannshammer
- Zimmermannshammers genitive
- Zimmermannshämmer plural
- Zimmermannshämmern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Zimmermannshammer in German?
Zimmermannshammer appears about once in every 60 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).