Jänner
German, noun/ˈjɛnːɐ/
Jänner is spelled J-Ä-N-N-E-R (6 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,647th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jänner is a German masculine noun meaning “synonym of Januar (“January”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “erster, 31-tägiger Monat im Kalenderjahr”.
What does Jänner mean in English?
noun
- 1
AustriaSwitzerlandmasculinesynonym of Januar (“January”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. erster, 31-tägiger Monat im Kalenderjahr
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 Jänner
- Jänners genitive
- Jännern dative definite plural
- Jenner alternative obsolete
- Jän. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Jänner?
- /ˈjɛnːɐ/
- /ˈjɛnːər/
- [ˈjɛnɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Jänner
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Jänner in German?
Jänner appears 11 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).