hammer – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of hammer

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of hammer

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

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

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)