ephemer
German, adjective/ˌefeˈmeːɐ̯/
ephemer is spelled E-P-H-E-M-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 69 million words in written German, the 515,032nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ephemer is a German adjective meaning “ephemeral” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nur für kurze Zeit bestehend, flüchtig, ohne bleibende Bedeutung”.
What does ephemer mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ephemeral
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nur für kurze Zeit bestehend, flüchtig, ohne bleibende Bedeutung 2. für nur einen Tag lebend, kurzlebig
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 ephemer
- ephemerer masculine nominative singular
- am ephemersten superlative
- ephemere feminine nominative singular
- ephemeres neuter nominative singular
- ephemeren genitive masculine singular
- ephemerem dative masculine singular
- der ephemere definite includes-article masculine
- die ephemere definite feminine includes-article
- das ephemere definite includes-article neuter
- die ephemeren definite includes-article nominative
- des ephemeren definite genitive includes-article
- der ephemeren definite feminine genitive
- dem ephemeren dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ephemer?
- /ˌefeˈmeːɐ̯/
- [ˌefeˈmeːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ephemer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ephemer in German?
ephemer appears about once in every 69 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).