Haar
German, noun
Haar is spelled H-A-A-R (4 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written German, the 3,246th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Haar is a German neuter noun meaning “hair (a singular hair, not limited to the head)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, haar is a different word: “singular imperative of haaren”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Hornfäden, die auf dem Körper von Menschen und Säugetieren wachsen”.
What does Haar mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterhair (a singular hair, not limited to the head)
- 2
neuterhair (the totality of hair on someone's head)
verb
- 1
singular imperative of haaren
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of haaren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hornfäden, die auf dem Körper von Menschen und Säugetieren wachsen 2. Gesamtheit der Kopfhaare 3. haarartige Gebilde an Pflanzenteilen
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 Haar
- Haares genitive
- Haars genitive
- Haare plural
- Härchen diminutive neuter
- Haaren dative definite plural
- Härlein diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Haar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Haar in German?
Haar appears 25 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).