Mäher

[ˈmɛːɐ]

/[ˈmɛːɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Mäher” is uncommon German (frequency #84,329 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,329
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maschine zum Mähen

Corpus desk

Index DE-maher · Mäher · German

Mäher · rank #84,329 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,329
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Männerstimmen

Nearest frequency peer: Männerstimmen (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Mäher“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Mäher“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Mäher
PropertyValue
HeadwordMäher
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmɛːɐ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#84,329
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Mäher“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Mäherfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Männerstimmen“ (#84,330), „musische“ (#84,327), „Mänteln“ (#84,332). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Mäher“ bei #84,329. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Mäher is uncommon German at frequency #84,329 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɛːɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Mäher, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Mäher, spelled M-Ä-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Maschine zum Mähen
  2. 2
    mähender Mann

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Mäher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Wir haben zehn verschiedene automatische Mäher getestet.
  2. Dieser Mäher ist mit Hinterradantrieb ausgestattet.

Synonyms

MähmaschineSchnitter

This word in other languages

reaper(English)segador(Español)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Mäher"?
"Mäher" is spelled M-Ä-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmɛːɐ].
What does "Mäher" mean?
As a noun, "Mäher" means: Maschine zum Mähen
How do you pronounce "Mäher"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mäher" is [ˈmɛːɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mäher" come from?
"Mäher" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Mäher", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

netzt#84,348older#84,370Leven#84,242Lappe#84,229

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list