hämmern
\hɛmɐn\
The verdict
“hämmern” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marteler.
Corpus desk
Index FR-hammern · hämmern · French
hämmern · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hämmern |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \hɛmɐn\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « hämmern » en français
Rare enough to double-check
hämmern is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \hɛmɐn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hämmern, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is hämmern, spelled H-Ä-M-M-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1Marteler.
- 2Frapper avec force.
- 3Palpiter avec force.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hämmern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Oberstaatsanwalt Andreas Franck hingegen hat ermittelt, dass H. […] gegen Türen seiner Nachbarn gehämmert und gedroht haben soll, jemandem "die Kehle aufzuschneiden".
Erinnern Sie sich an Ihren ersten Zungenkuss? An diesen lange herbeigesehnten und tausendmal vorgestellten Moment, in dem Sie sich mit wild hämmerndem Herzen und geschlossenen Augen in einen fremden Mund vorgetastet und zum ersten Mal einen anderen Menschen geschmeckt haben?
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.