Ave
German, noun/ˈaːve/
Ave is spelled A-V-E (3 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written German, the 19,169th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ave is a German neuter noun meaning “ellipsis of Ave-Maria (“ave, Hail Mary”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gebet, das an Maria gerichtet ist”.
What does Ave mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterellipsis of Ave-Maria (“ave, Hail Mary”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gebet, das an Maria gerichtet ist
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 Ave
- Aves genitive
- Aven dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ave?
- /ˈaːve/
- [ˈaːve]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Ave in German?
Ave appears 2.8 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).