ferner
German, adverb
ferner is spelled F-E-R-N-E-R (6 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written German, the 3,188th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ferner is a German adverb meaning “furthermore, in addition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Ferner is a different word: “glacier”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “über das zuvor Gesagte hinaus”.
What does ferner mean in English?
adverb
- 1
furthermore, in addition
noun
- 1
Austriamasculineglacier
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. über das zuvor Gesagte hinaus 2. in der Zukunft
noun: 1. aus Firneis gebildete Eismasse mit einer Dicke von bis zu mehreren hundert Metern, die sich durch das Eigengewicht langsam fließend talwärts bewegt
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 ferner
- Ferners genitive
- Fernern dative definite plural
- Firner variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ferner
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ferner in German?
ferner appears 26 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).