fern
German, preposition/fɛʁn/
fern is spelled F-E-R-N (4 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written German, the 4,201st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fern is a German preposition meaning “far away from something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “weit weg, weiter weg von etwas”.
What does fern mean in English?
adjective
- 1
remote
- 2
far away
preposition
- 1
far away from something
Fern des Landes / dem Land, in dem sie geboren wurde
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. weit weg vom bezeichneten Ort 2. weit in der Vergangenheit oder der Zukunft liegend
preposition: 1. weit weg, weiter weg von etwas
prefix: 1. weit weg
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 fern
- ferner masculine nominative singular
- am fernsten superlative
- ferne feminine nominative singular
- fernes neuter nominative singular
- fernen genitive masculine singular
- fernem dative masculine singular
- der ferne definite includes-article masculine
- die ferne definite feminine includes-article
- das ferne definite includes-article neuter
- die fernen definite includes-article nominative
- des fernen definite genitive includes-article
- der fernen definite feminine genitive
- dem fernen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fern?
- /fɛʁn/
- [fɛʁn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fern in German?
fern appears 19 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).