Meter
German, noun/ˈmeːtɐ/
Meter is spelled M-E-T-E-R (5 letters) and appears 115 times per million words in written German, the 756th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Meter is a German masculine noun meaning “meter (unit of length)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “SI-Basiseinheit für die Länge; eine Strecke, die das Licht im Vakuum in 1/299.792.458 Sekunden zurücklegt”.
What does Meter mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedmasculineneutermeter (unit of length)
suffix
- 1
masculineneuter-meter (device to measure a certain property)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. SI-Basiseinheit für die Länge; eine Strecke, die das Licht im Vakuum in 1/299.792.458 Sekunden zurücklegt
suffix: 1. nachgestelltes Wortbildungselement für messende Geräte, messende Instrumente, technische Anlagen, die bestimmte Maße referenzieren
suffix: 1. nachgestelltes Wortbildungselement für Berufe, deren Grundlage Messungen sind 2. nachgestelltes Wortbildungselement für etwas, das ein bestimmtes Maß benennt
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 Meter
- Meters genitive
- Metern dative definite plural
- Met. abbreviation
- Mtr. abbreviation
- m abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Meter?
- /ˈmeːtɐ/
- [-ˈmeːtɐ]
- [ˈmeːtɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Meter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Meter in German?
Meter appears 115 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).