Malheur
German, noun/maˈløːr/
Malheur is spelled M-A-L-H-E-U-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 56,036th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malheur is a German neuter noun meaning “mishap (usually minor)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Unglücksfall, (peinliches) Missgeschick, Unfall, Pech (immer in Verbindung mit einem Ereignis)”.
What does Malheur mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutermishap (usually minor)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Unglücksfall, (peinliches) Missgeschick, Unfall, Pech (immer in Verbindung mit einem Ereignis)
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 Malheur
- Malheurs genitive
- Malheure plural
- Malheurchen diminutive neuter
- Malheuren dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Malheur?
- /maˈløːr/
- [maˈløːɐ̯]
- [-ˈlœɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Malheur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Malheur in German?
Malheur appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).