Ern
German, noun[-ɐn]
Ern is spelled E-R-N (3 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 27,669th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ern is a German masculine noun meaning “hallway” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “der Hausflur”.
What does Ern mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehallway
suffix
- 1
iterative suffix, used to form verbs from other verbs
- 2
used to form verbs from nouns, often with an additional prefix
suffix
- 1
-en, made of (used to form adjectives from nouns)
suffix
- 1
Dative plural suffix for nouns that form the plural in -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. der Hausflur
suffix: 1. nachgestelltes Wortbildungselement, das Adjektive ableitet, mit der Bedeutung: aus dem Stoff von
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 Ern
- Eren alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ern?
- [-ɐn]
- /ɛʁn/
- [eːɐ̯n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Ern in German?
Ern appears 1.7 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).