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Ohr

German, noun

Ohr is spelled O-H-R (3 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written German, the 3,577th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ohr is a German neuter noun meaning “ear (the auditory organ)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Öhr is a different word: “eye (of the needle)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Sinnesorgan zur Wahrnehmung von akustischen Signalen (Gehör)”.

What does Ohr mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    neuterear (the auditory organ)

    Du musst lauter Sprechen, meine Ohren sind nicht mehr so gut.

  2. 2

    neuterear (the external visible part of the organ, the auricle)

  3. 3

    neuterear (the ability and proclivity to understand and discern finer details of something, especially sound-based)

    Er hat kein Ohr für Musik.

  4. 4

    neuterthe overhanging part on the frame of a window or door

  5. 5

    neutera highway interchange which is ear-shaped or ribbon-shaped

noun

as Öhr
  1. 1

    neutereye (of the needle)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Sinnesorgan zur Wahrnehmung von akustischen Signalen (Gehör) 2. der von außen sichtbare Teil des Sinnesorgans (Ohrmuschel) 3. Hören, Hörvermögen, Interesse, Neugier, Aufmerksamkeit

noun: 1. kleine Öffnung (Loch) an einem Gegenstand (wie zum Beispiel am oberen Ende einer Nähnadel, durch das der Faden gezogen wird)

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 Ohr

  • Ohres genitive
  • Ohrs genitive
  • Ohren plural
  • Öhrchen diminutive neuter
  • Ohre dative singular
  • Öhres genitive
  • Öhrs genitive
  • Öhre plural
  • Öhren dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to Ohr

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Ohr in German?

Ohr appears 22 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).

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