hammer – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of hammer

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to hammer in sth
Participle: hammered in sth
Gerund: hammering in sth

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of hammer

Indicative

Present

Ihammer in sth
youhammer in sth
he;she;ithammers in sth
wehammer in sth
youhammer in sth
theyhammer in sth

Perfect

Ihave hammered in sth
youhave hammered in sth
he;she;ithas hammered in sth
wehave hammered in sth
youhave hammered in sth
theyhave hammered in sth

Past

Ihammered in sth
youhammered in sth
he;she;ithammered in sth
wehammered in sth
youhammered in sth
theyhammered in sth

Pluperfect

Ihad hammered in sth
youhad hammered in sth
he;she;ithad hammered in sth
wehad hammered in sth
youhad hammered in sth
theyhad hammered in sth

Future

Iwill hammer in sth
youwill hammer in sth
he;she;itwill hammer in sth
wewill hammer in sth
youwill hammer in sth
theywill hammer in sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have hammered in sth
youwill have hammered in sth
he;she;itwill have hammered in sth
wewill have hammered in sth
youwill have hammered in sth
theywill have hammered in sth

Subjunctive

Present

Ihammer in sth
youhammer in sth
he;she;ithammer in sth
wehammer in sth
youhammer in sth
theyhammer in sth

Perfect

Ihave hammered in sth
youhave hammered in sth
he;she;ithave hammered in sth
wehave hammered in sth
youhave hammered in sth
theyhave hammered in sth

Imperfect

Ihammered in sth
youhammered in sth
he;she;ithammered in sth
wehammered in sth
youhammered in sth
theyhammered in sth

Pluperfect

Ihad hammered in sth
youhad hammered in sth
he;she;ithad hammered in sth
wehad hammered in sth
youhad hammered in sth
theyhad hammered in sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould hammer in sth
youwould hammer in sth
he;she;itwould hammer in sth
wewould hammer in sth
youwould hammer in sth
theywould hammer in sth

Perfect

Iwould have hammered in sth
youwould have hammered in sth
he;she;itwould have hammered in sth
wewould have hammered in sth
youwould have hammered in sth
theywould have hammered in sth

Imperative

youhammer in sth
weLet's hammer in sth
youhammer in sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam hammering in sth
youare hammering in sth
he;she;itis hammering in sth
weare hammering in sth
youare hammering in sth
theyare hammering in sth

Perfect

Ihave been hammering in sth
youhave been hammering in sth
he;she;ithas been hammering in sth
wehave been hammering in sth
youhave been hammering in sth
theyhave been hammering in sth

Past

Iwas hammering in sth
youwere hammering in sth
he;she;itwas hammering in sth
wewere hammering in sth
youwere hammering in sth
theywere hammering in sth

Pluperfect

Ihad been hammering in sth
youhad been hammering in sth
he;she;ithad been hammering in sth
wehad been hammering in sth
youhad been hammering in sth
theyhad been hammering in sth

Future

Iwill be hammering in sth
youwill be hammering in sth
he;she;itwill be hammering in sth
wewill be hammering in sth
youwill be hammering in sth
theywill be hammering in sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have been hammering in sth
youwill have been hammering in sth
he;she;itwill have been hammering in sth
wewill have been hammering in sth
youwill have been hammering in sth
theywill have been hammering in sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould be hammering in sth
youwould be hammering in sth
he;she;itwould be hammering in sth
wewould be hammering in sth
youwould be hammering in sth
theywould be hammering in sth

Perfect

Iwould have been hammering in sth
youwould have been hammering in sth
he;she;itwould have been hammering in sth
wewould have been hammering in sth
youwould have been hammering in sth
theywould have been hammering in sth

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'hammer'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'hammer'

hamper, mammer, yammer, amber, camber, chamber, chamfer, halter, hamel, hamster,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to administer a physical blow
bang, baste, batter, beat, belabor, blow, boom-boom, buffet, butt, dab, dash, dowse, fetch one a blow, flap, give toco, hit, kick, knock, lunge, pat, patter, pelt, pink, poke, pound, pummel, punch, rap, slam, slap, strike, swap, tap, thrash, thump, thwack, whack, whip, yerk

Additional Information

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Germanic *hamaraz
3. Proto-West Germanic *hamar
4. Old English hamor
5. Middle English hamer
6. English hammer
7. From Middle English hamer, from Old English hamor, from Proto-West Germanic *hamar, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz (“tool with a stone head”) (compare West Frisian hammer, Low German Hamer, Dutch hamer, German Hammer, Danish hammer, Swedish hammare). This is traditionally ascribed to Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”), but see *hamaraz for further discussion.
8. (declare a defaulter on the stock exchange): Originally signalled by knocking with a wooden mallet. See: Swedish 'hammare'.

Verbs referencing "hammer"

Maori hama, German, old spelling hämmern.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] myself, than by any printed news that I have ever read in my present state of existence. Thus, the vigour and perseverance with which I have for some months past been collecting materials for, and hammering away at, a new book on America has much astonished me; seeing that all that time my declaration has been perfectly well known to my publishers on both sides of the Atlantic, that no consideration on [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)