Ernährer
German, noun/ɛɐ̯ˈnɛːʁɐ/
Ernährer is spelled E-R-N-Ä-H-R-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 92,701st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ernährer is a German masculine noun meaning “breadwinner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die dafür sorgt, dass für Betroffene genügend Nahrung zur Verfügung steht”.
What does Ernährer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebreadwinner
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die dafür sorgt, dass für Betroffene genügend Nahrung zur Verfügung steht
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 Ernährer
- Ernährers genitive
- Ernährern dative definite plural
- Ernährerin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ernährer?
- /ɛɐ̯ˈnɛːʁɐ/
- /ɛɐ̯ˈneːʁɐ/
- [ɛɐ̯ˈnɛːʁɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Ernährer in German?
Ernährer appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).