sehr
German, adverb/zeːr/
sehr is spelled S-E-H-R (4 letters) and appears 1,380 times per million words in written German, the 84th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sehr is a German adverb meaning “very” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does sehr mean in English?
adverb
- 1
very
Ich bin sehr glücklich.
- 2
a lot, much
Ich vermisse dich sehr.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
particle: 1. in hohem Maße, besonders 2. Steigerung eines Verbs
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 sehr
- mehr comparative
- am meisten superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sehr?
- /zeːr/
- [zeːɐ̯]
- Germany [zɛɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sehr
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sehr in German?
sehr appears 1,380 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).