Mäander
German, noun/mɛˈandɐ/
Mäander is spelled M-Ä-A-N-D-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 127,251st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mäander is a German masculine noun meaning “meander (one of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Folge von starken, die Richtung wechselnden Fluss- oder Bachwindungen”.
What does Mäander mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemeander (one of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse)
- 2
masculinemeander, meandros (decorative border constructed from a continuous line, shaped into a repeated motif)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Folge von starken, die Richtung wechselnden Fluss- oder Bachwindungen 2. ein kurvenreicher, vielgewundener Verlauf eines Weges, einer Straße, eines Flusses und Ähnliches; kurvenreiches, verschlungenes Muster, Design 3. ein wellenförmiges Linienornament oder Zierband auf Vasen, Teppichen oder anderen Kunsthandwerksgegenständen, Kleidungsstücken (Bordüren), Gebäudeteilen (benannt nach den vielen Krümmungen und Biegungen von [1])
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 Mäander
- Mäanders genitive
- Mäandern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Mäander?
- /mɛˈandɐ/
- [mɛˈʔan.dɐ]
- [mɛˈandɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Mäander
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Mäander in German?
Mäander appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).