Arier
German, noun/ˈaː.ʁi.ɐ/
Arier is spelled A-R-I-E-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 43,091st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arier is a German masculine noun meaning “Indo-Iranian, Aryan (member of an eastern Indo-European subgroup)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Selbstbezeichnung mehrerer Volksgruppen in Vorder- und Mittelasien”.
What does Arier mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedmasculineIndo-Iranian, Aryan (member of an eastern Indo-European subgroup)
- 2
archaicmasculineAryan (member of any Indo-European people or even the entire “Caucasian” race)
- 3
masculineAryan (member of an alleged master race, in principle defined as non-Jewish Whites, but sometimes also excluding Slavs and others, based on political strategy rather than principle)
- 4
informalmasculineoffensivesomeone with light-coloured skin, hair and/or eyes, especially when also tall
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Selbstbezeichnung mehrerer Volksgruppen in Vorder- und Mittelasien 2. Bezeichnung für Menschen mit körperlichen Merkmalen, die unter Anhängern der Rassentheorie als besonders edel galten 3. Angehöriger der indoiranischen Sprachgruppe
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 Arier
- Ariers genitive
- Arierin feminine
- Ariern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Arier?
- /ˈaː.ʁi.ɐ/
- [ˈaːʁiɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Arier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Arier in German?
Arier appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).