Ärger
German, noun
Ärger is spelled Ä-R-G-E-R (5 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written German, the 3,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ärger is a German masculine noun meaning “annoyance, anger” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, ärger is a different word: “first-person singular present”. On this page, arger is a different word: “strong/mixed nominative masculine singular”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “spontane, innere, emotionale Reaktion hochgradiger Unzufriedenheit auf eine Situation, eine Person oder eine…”.
What does Ärger mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineannoyance, anger
seinem Ärger Luft machen.
- 2
masculinetrouble, an unpleasant or dangerous situation
Es wird Ärger geben.
symbol
- 1
The letter Ä in the German and Austrian spelling alphabets.
adjective
- 1
comparative degree of arg
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
singular imperative
adjective
- 1
masculinestrong/mixed nominative masculine singular
- 2
femininestrong genitive/dative feminine singular
- 3
strong genitive plural
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. spontane, innere, emotionale Reaktion hochgradiger Unzufriedenheit auf eine Situation, eine Person oder eine Erinnerung, die der Verärgerte lieber anders gesehen hätte 2. ein ärgerliches Erlebnis
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 Ärger
- Ärgers genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Ärger
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ärger in German?
Ärger appears 23 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).