Ar
German, noun/ˈaːr/
Ar is spelled A-R (2 letters) and appears 7.2 times per million words in written German, the 9,162nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ar is a German masculine noun meaning “are (unit of area)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Flächenmaß von 100 Quadratmetern (im Gegensatz zum davon abgeleiteten Hektar kaum mehr gebräuchlich)”.
What does Ar mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneuterare (unit of area)
suffix
- 1
-ary
suffix
- 1
-ary; forms personal nouns from latinate loanwords, describing someone associated with a concept
- 2
-ary; forms adjectives from latinate loanwords, describing association with a concept
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Amtsrat 2. Kraftfahrzeugkennzeichen für Arnsberg 3. offizielle Abkürzung von Appenzell Ausserrhoden
noun: 1. Flächenmaß von 100 Quadratmetern (im Gegensatz zum davon abgeleiteten Hektar kaum mehr gebräuchlich)
prefix: 1. hinzu-, zu-, bei-, an- 2. nicht, un-
abbreviation: 1. arisch
suffix: 1. sich beziehend auf etwas; in Hinblick auf etwas; betreffend
suffix: 1. sich beziehend auf etwas; in Hinblick auf etwas; betreffend 2. nachgestelltes Wortbildungselement für männliche Substantive, Personen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Ar
- Ars genitive
- Are plural
- Aren dative definite plural
- a abbreviation
- ad- variant
- a- variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ar?
- /ˈaːr/
- [ˈaː(ɐ̯)]
- [ˈaːʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ar in German?
Ar appears 7.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).