Hamilton suffered minor front-wing damage to his Mercedes as he tried to pass Button's McLaren on his way to third place behind winner Nico Rosberg.
Felipe Massa flips his Williams in a first corner crash at the German GP"I don't think I'm the only person he drove into," said Button, who finished eighth.
"It's strange when the car is much quicker, you wouldn't think he would get into such fights."
Button, who was passed by Hamilton on the following lap, added: "I think he thought I was moving over to let him by, but that wasn't the case. I was racing at that stage."
Hamilton admitted to an error of judgement - later giving a wave of apology from his cockpit - as the two cars cornered during the 30th lap at Hockenheim, where he fought his way up from his starting place of 20th on the grid.
"I don't know whether Jenson saw me but it was a bit unfortunate and it probably cost me second," said Hamilton.
"Jenson has been very much a gentleman in not giving me too much trouble to pass in previous races so when I was approaching him at quite a big rate I was planning to go on the inside.
"I wasn't close enough but I was on that line. It looked like he'd backed off and gone wide so I thought: 'OK, I'm taking the line' and then he cut back across."
And Button later said on Twitter that he may have over-reacted in his reaction to Hamilton's manoeuvre, saying he loved the tussles on the track.
Button collected four points to remain eighth in the overall standings but was unhappy with the team strategy that left him to race the final 37 laps on one set of tyres.
Nico Rosberg reflects on his German Grand Prix win"We definitely got it wrong with the second stop," he said.
"I don't know why we stopped so early. It made it impossible to hold onto the tyres at the end of the race."
Hamilton's charge took him to a podium finish but he was unable to pass Finland's Valtteri Bottas, who held onto second spot in his Williams.
And in doing so, he became the first Williams driver to record three successive podium places since Juan Pablo Montoya at the 2003 German, Hungarian and Italian Grands Prix.
"To keep a Mercedes behind at the end of the race was promising, showing that the car is very strong," said the 24-year-old.
"The engineers shared a lot of information with me about the tyres and where Hamilton was and that team work was the key to the good result. "
Britain's Max Chilton, 23, finished 17th in his Marussia to continue his impressive record of race completions, which now stands at 28 from his first 29 Grands Prix.
Lewis Hamilton had a couple of brushes, including this one with Kimi Raikkonen, on his way to third place in the German Grand Prix 
Valtteri Bottas has scored points in as many races this season - nine - as championship leader Nico Rosberg
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