paar
German, determiner
paar is spelled P-A-A-R (4 letters) and appears 363 times per million words in written German, the 258th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paar is a German determiner meaning “some; few; a few” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Paar is a different word: “pair, couple”.
What does paar mean in English?
determiner
- 1
some; few; a few
noun
- 1
neuterpair, couple
- 2
neutertwosome
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. zwei durch eine (wie auch immer geartete) Beziehung miteinander verbundene Menschen (Lebewesen); zwei Menschen in einer engen, persönlichen (intimen) Verbindung 2. Zahlklassifikator für zwei gleiche, zusammengeführte, zusammengefügte, zusammengehörige, zusammengestellte, gruppierte Dinge
adjective: 1. zweifach vorkommend
pronoun: 1. einige (der gleichen Art)
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 paar
- Paares genitive
- Paars genitive
- Paare plural
- Pärchen diminutive neuter
- Paaren dative definite plural
- paarer positive nominative strong
- paare positive nominative strong
- paares positive nominative strong
- paaren positive genitive strong
- paarem positive dative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to paar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is paar in German?
paar appears 363 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).