Gefahr
German, noun/ɡəˈfaːɐ̯/
Gefahr is spelled G-E-F-A-H-R (6 letters) and appears 87 times per million words in written German, the 999th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gefahr is a German feminine noun meaning “danger, hazard, peril, risk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Möglichkeit, dass Schaden oder eine Verletzung entsteht”.
What does Gefahr mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedanger, hazard, peril, risk
- 2
femininethreat
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Möglichkeit, dass Schaden oder eine Verletzung entsteht
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 Gefahr
- Gefahren plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gefahr?
- /ɡəˈfaːɐ̯/
- [ɡəˈfaːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gefahr
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gefahr in German?
Gefahr appears 87 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).