hager
German, adjective/ˈhaːɡɐ/
hager is spelled H-A-G-E-R (5 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written German, the 29,051st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hager is a German adjective meaning “gaunt, lean, haggard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “dürr, mager, sehnig, knochig (und häufig groß gewachsen)”.
What does hager mean in English?
adjective
- 1
gaunt, lean, haggard
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. dürr, mager, sehnig, knochig (und häufig groß gewachsen)
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 hager
- hagerer masculine nominative singular
- hagrer comparative
- am hagersten superlative
- hagere feminine nominative singular
- hageres neuter nominative singular
- hageren genitive masculine singular
- hagerem dative masculine singular
- der hagere definite includes-article masculine
- die hagere definite feminine includes-article
- das hagere definite includes-article neuter
- die hageren definite includes-article nominative
- des hageren definite genitive includes-article
- der hageren definite feminine genitive
- dem hageren dative definite includes-article
- häger variant regional
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hager?
- /ˈhaːɡɐ/
- [ˈhaːɡɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hager
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hager in German?
hager appears 1.5 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).