Lehrer
German, noun/ˈleːrər/
Lehrer is spelled L-E-H-R-E-R (6 letters) and appears 83 times per million words in written German, the 1,041st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lehrer is a German masculine noun meaning “agent noun of lehren: one who teaches, teacher, instructor, especially a school teacher” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die Wissen (beziehungsweise Fertigkeiten, Verhaltensweisen, Werte und so weiter) an Lernende…”.
What does Lehrer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineagent noun of lehren: one who teaches, teacher, instructor, especially a school teacher
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die Wissen (beziehungsweise Fertigkeiten, Verhaltensweisen, Werte und so weiter) an Lernende (Schüler, Studenten) vermittelt, häufig im Rahmen des Unterrichts an einer Bildungseinrichtung
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 Lehrer
- Lehrers genitive
- Lehrerin feminine
- Lehrern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Lehrer?
- /ˈleːrər/
- [ˈleːʁɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Lehrer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Lehrer in German?
Lehrer appears 83 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).