Meer
German, noun/meːr/
Meer is spelled M-E-E-R (4 letters) and appears 52 times per million words in written German, the 1,636th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Meer is a German neuter noun meaning “sea” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “großes, salziges Gewässer, die Gesamtheit des zusammenhängenden Gewässers, welches die Landmassen der Erde…”.
What does Meer mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutersea
- 2
archaicneuterlake
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. großes, salziges Gewässer, die Gesamtheit des zusammenhängenden Gewässers, welches die Landmassen der Erde umgibt, ein bestimmter, geographisch abgegrenzter Teil dieses Gewässers 2. große Menge 3. Bestandteil von Eigennamen nordwestdeutscher Seen 4. Bestandteil von Eigennamen großer Seen auf der Erde
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 Meer
- Meeres genitive
- Meers genitive
- Meere plural
- Meeren dative definite plural
- M. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Meer?
- /meːr/
- [meːɐ̯]
- [mɛɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Meer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Meer in German?
Meer appears 52 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).