jähe
German, adjective[ˈjɛːə]
jähe is spelled J-Ä-H-E (4 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 165,772nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jähe is a German feminine adjective meaning “alternative form of jäh” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular of jäh.
What does jähe mean in English?
adjective
- 1
rarealternative form of jäh
adjective
- 1
femininestrong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- 2
strong nominative/accusative plural
- 3
weak nominative all-gender singular
- 4
feminineneuterweak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Eigenschaft, plötzlich einzutreten, plötzlich zu entstehen 2. Eigenschaft, steil abzufallen, steil nach unten gerichtet zu sein
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 jähe
- jäher masculine nominative singular
- am jähsten superlative
- am jähesten superlative
- jähes neuter nominative singular
- jähen genitive masculine singular
- jähem dative masculine singular
- der jähe definite includes-article masculine
- die jähe definite feminine includes-article
- das jähe definite includes-article neuter
- die jähen definite includes-article nominative
- des jähen definite genitive includes-article
- der jähen definite feminine genitive
- dem jähen dative definite includes-article
- den jähen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jähe?
- [ˈjɛːə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is jähe in German?
jähe appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).