hammer – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of hammer

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of hammer

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youhammer out sth
weLet's hammer out sth
youhammer out sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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