Meier
German, noun/ˈmaɪ̯ɐ/
Meier is spelled M-E-I-E-R (5 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written German, the 7,736th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Meier is a German masculine noun meaning “administrator or leaseholder of a manor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Beamter eines adligen oder geistlichen Grundherrn, der die Verwaltung und Bewirtschaftung des Haupthofes…”.
What does Meier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineadministrator or leaseholder of a manor
- 2
masculineindependent peasant or tenant
- 3
masculineany plant of the genus Asperula
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Beamter eines adligen oder geistlichen Grundherrn, der die Verwaltung und Bewirtschaftung des Haupthofes (Meierhof) übernahm, später Pächter des größten Hofs 2. Vertreter der Pflanzengattung Asperula aus der Familie der Rötegewächse (früher auch für andere Pflanzenarten, wie Vogelmiere und Ackergauchheil)
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 Meier
- Meiers genitive
- Meiern dative definite plural
- Meierin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Meier?
- /ˈmaɪ̯ɐ/
- [ˈmaɪ̯ɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Meier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Meier in German?
Meier appears 8.9 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).