m
German, noun
m is spelled M (one letter) and appears 398 times per million words in written German, the 231st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). M is a German neuter noun meaning “alternative letter-case form of M” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, M is a different word: “M”. On this page, m. is a different word: “abbreviation of mit (“with”)”. On this page, m/ is a different word: “abbreviation of mit (“with”)”.
What does m mean in English?
letter
- 1
neuterThe thirteenth letter of the German alphabet, written in the Latin script.
noun
- 1
neuteralternative letter-case form of M
letter
- 1
neuterThe thirteenth letter of the German alphabet, written in the Latin script.
noun
- 1
neuterM
noun
- 1
feminineabbreviation of Mark der DDR
preposition
- 1
abbreviation of mit (“with”)
adjective
- 1
abbreviation of männlich
- 2
abbreviation of maskulin
preposition
- 1
rareabbreviation of mit (“with”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
letter: 1. 13. Buchstabe des lateinischen Alphabets
abbreviation: 1. maskulinum
letter: 1. dreizehnter Buchstabe des lateinischen Alphabetes
abbreviation: 1. Kennzeichen für Senf
abbreviation: 1. maskulin, männlich 2. mit
abbreviation: 1. Einheitensymbol für Mikrometer
abbreviation: 1. Magister 2. Majestät 3. Majorität 4. Manual
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 m
- M uppercase
- ms plural
- m lowercase
- Ms plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to m
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is m in German?
m appears 398 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).