Ähre

[ˈɛːʁə]

/[ˈɛːʁə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Ähre” is uncommon German (frequency #75,294 among 75 “Ä” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,294
frequency rank, German
75
“Ä” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Blüte und Fruchtstand bei Getreide und anderen Graspflanzen

Corpus desk

Index DE-ahre · Ähre · German

Ähre · rank #75,294 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,294
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 75
  • PHOTO-FINISH Zöpfen

Nearest frequency peer: Zöpfen (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Ähre“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ähre“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ähre
PropertyValue
HeadwordÄhre
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɛːʁə]
Letters4
Frequency rank#75,294
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Ähre“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Ährefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Zöpfen“ (#75,293), „ätherisches“ (#75,295), „Zwingenberg“ (#75,292). Unter 75 „Ä“-Lemmata liegt „Ähre“ bei #75,294. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ähre is uncommon German at frequency #75,294 among 75 “Ä” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɛːʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Blüte und Fruchtstand bei Getreide und anderen Graspflanzen".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Ähre, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Ähre, spelled Ä-H-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Blüte und Fruchtstand bei Getreide und anderen Graspflanzen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Ähre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Hafer hat Ähren mit besonders langen Grannen.
  2. „Die kurzen Halme moderner Weizensorten können schwere Ähren tragen.“

Antonyms

Halm

This word in other languages

ear(English)espiga(Español)épi(Français)espiga(Português)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ähre"?
"Ähre" is spelled Ä-H-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɛːʁə].
What does "Ähre" mean?
As a noun, "Ähre" means: Blüte und Fruchtstand bei Getreide und anderen Graspflanzen
How do you pronounce "Ähre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ähre" is [ˈɛːʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ähre" come from?
"Ähre" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ähre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

abus#75,328ache#75,332Agra#75,338agua#75,339

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list