Menhir
German, noun/ˈmɛnˌhiːr/
Menhir is spelled M-E-N-H-I-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written German, the 297,534th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Menhir is a German masculine noun meaning “menhir” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “hochkant als Mahnmal aufgerichteter, säulenförmiger, meist vollkommen unbearbeiteter Stein”.
What does Menhir mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemenhir
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. hochkant als Mahnmal aufgerichteter, säulenförmiger, meist vollkommen unbearbeiteter Stein
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 Menhir
- Menhirs genitive
- Menhire plural
- Menhiren dative definite plural
- Menhires genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Menhir?
- /ˈmɛnˌhiːr/
- /ˈmeːn-/
- /mɛnˈhiːr/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Menhir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Menhir in German?
Menhir appears about once in every 26 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).