März
German, noun/mɛrts/
März is spelled M-Ä-R-Z (4 letters) and appears 141 times per million words in written German, the 622nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). März is a German masculine noun meaning “March (the third month of the Gregorian calendar, following February and preceding April, containing the northward equinox)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “der dritte Monat im Jahr”.
What does März mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineobsoleteMarch (the third month of the Gregorian calendar, following February and preceding April, containing the northward equinox)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. der dritte Monat im Jahr
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 März
- März m or canonical
- Märzes genitive uncommon
- Märze plural
- Märzen genitive
- Mär. alternative abbreviation
- Mrz. alternative abbreviation
- Merz alternative obsolete
- Merze alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce März?
- /mɛrts/
- [mɛʁts]
- [mɛɐ̯ts]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is März in German?
März appears 141 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).