hempen
/ˈhɛmpən/adjective
hempen is an adjective meaning “Made of hemp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-E-M-P-E-N and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 37 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does hempen mean?
adjective
- 1
datedMade of hemp
- 2
Related to hempen ropes, i.e., to hanging as capital punishment.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce hempen?
- Canada /ˈhɛmpən/
Hempen has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is hempen?
Hempen appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Hempen in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense made of hemp:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | hanfen |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does hempen come from?
From Middle English hempen, hempyn, from Old English *hænepen (“made of hemp, hempen”), from Proto-West Germanic *hanapīn (“hempen, made of hemp”), equivalent to hemp + -en. Cognate with West Frisian himpen (“hempen”), Dutch hennepen (“hempen”), German Low German hempen (“hempen”), German hanfen, hänfen (“hempen”). More at hemp.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).