Etter
German, noun/ˈɛtɐ/
Etter is spelled E-T-T-E-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 111,951st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Etter is a German masculine noun meaning “fence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Bezeichnung für den das Dorf umgrenzenden Zaun”.
What does Etter mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefence
- 2
archaicmasculinethe surrounding border of a village
- 3
masculineboundary or border of an area or location
- 4
masculinethe central area of a locality
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bezeichnung für den das Dorf umgrenzenden Zaun 2. Synonym für die gesamte Ortsgemarkung
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 Etter
- Etters genitive
- Ettern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Etter?
- /ˈɛtɐ/
- [ˈɛtʰɐ]
- [ˈɛtɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Etter in German?
Etter appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).