marr

[mar]

/[mar]/ verb

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The verdict

“marr” is uncommon German (frequency #77,049 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,049
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nehmen, ergreifen, erfassen

Corpus desk

Index DE-marr · marr · German

marr · rank #77,049 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,049
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH marques

Nearest frequency peer: marques (-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 „marr“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for marr
PropertyValue
Headwordmarr
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[mar]
Letters4
Frequency rank#77,049
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „marr“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).marrfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „marques“ (#77,048), „maos“ (#77,046), „Maschinisten“ (#77,052). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „marr“ bei #77,049. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

marr is uncommon German at frequency #77,049 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [mar]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 16 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for marr, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is marr, spelled M-A-R-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    nehmen, ergreifen, erfassen
  2. 2
    behandeln
  3. 3
    wegnehmen, entziehen; zurücknehmen
  4. 4
    einnehmen, erobern
  5. 5
    annehmen
  6. 6
    in Anspruch nehmen
  7. 7
    empfangen; erhalten, bekommen
  8. 8
    gedeckt werden
  9. 9
    an sich nehmen, sich aneignen; aufnehmen
  10. 10
    aufnehmen, auffassen
  11. 11
    heiraten
  12. 12
    einschlagen, nehmen
  13. 13
    beginnen, anfangen
  14. 14
    versuchen
  15. 15
    einstellen, engagieren
  16. 16
    werden

Synonyms

rrokkapmbajkërkondopërvetësoj

Antonyms

japjap

This word in other languages

take(English)

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 "marr"?
"marr" is spelled M-A-R-R. The IPA pronunciation is [mar].
What does "marr" mean?
As a verb, "marr" means: nehmen, ergreifen, erfassen
How do you pronounce "marr"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marr" is [mar]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "marr" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

maos#77,046ludo#77,029Lots#77,028nona#77,116

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list