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r

German, noun

r is spelled R (one letter) and appears 191 times per million words in written German, the 453rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). R is a German neuter noun meaning “alternative letter-case form of R” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, r. is a different word: “abbreviation of rechts”. With a capital, R is a different word: “R”.

What does r mean in English?

letter

  1. 1

    neuterThe eighteenth letter of the German alphabet, written in the Latin script.

noun

  1. 1

    neuteralternative letter-case form of R

adverb

as r.
  1. 1

    abbreviation of rechts

letter

as R
  1. 1

    neuterThe eighteenth letter of the German alphabet, written in the Latin script.

noun

as R
  1. 1

    neuterR

prefix

as r-
  1. 1

    colloquialCreates pronominal adverbs from prepositions with an initial vowel; in the standard language it is equivalent to her- or hin- depending on the context. This distinction is neglected in colloquial German.

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

How German dictionaries define it

abbreviation: 1. rechts 2. rot bei Seezeichen

abbreviation: 1. Einheitenzeichen der Temperatur, Abkürzung der abgeleiteten Réaumur-Skala in Grad Réaumur (Einheitenzeichen auch: °Ré, °Re, °Réaumur)

letter: 1. achtzehnter Buchstabe des lateinischen Alphabets

abbreviation: 1. Formelzeichen für elektrischen Widerstand, molare Gaskonstante, Einheitensymbol für Röntgen 2. Symbol für die Menge der reellen Zahlen (ℝ)

letter: 1. Kleinschreibungsform des achtzehnten Buchstabens des lateinischen Alphabets R

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 r

  • R uppercase
  • rs plural
  • r lowercase
  • Rs plural

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

How common is r in German?

r appears 191 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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