Meerjungfrau
German, noun/ˈmeːɐ̯jʊŋˌfʁaʊ̯/
Meerjungfrau is spelled M-E-E-R-J-U-N-G-F-R-A-U (12 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 33,501st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Meerjungfrau is a German feminine noun meaning “mermaid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Märchenfigur, Sagengestalt, Fabelwesen, deren obere Hälfte eine Frau und deren untere Hälfte einen Fisch…”.
What does Meerjungfrau mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemermaid
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Märchenfigur, Sagengestalt, Fabelwesen, deren obere Hälfte eine Frau und deren untere Hälfte einen Fisch verkörpert und welche überwiegend im Meer lebt
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 Meerjungfrau
- Meerjungfrauen plural
- Meeresjungfrau variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Meerjungfrau?
- /ˈmeːɐ̯jʊŋˌfʁaʊ̯/
- [ˈmeːɐ̯jʊŋˌfʁaʊ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Meerjungfrau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Meerjungfrau in German?
Meerjungfrau appears 1.3 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).