Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hammerfest

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.51 in modern English

Syllables
ham-mer-fest
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town with bystatus and municipality in Finnmark, Norway.

Etymology

From Norwegian Hammerfest.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does hammerfest mean?
A town with bystatus and municipality in Finnmark, Norway.
Where does hammerfest come from?
It is traced to Norwegian.

How to pronounce hammerfest

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