Wehr
German, noun
Wehr is spelled W-E-H-R (4 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written German, the 10,826th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wehr is a German feminine noun meaning “ellipsis of Feuerwehr” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, wehr is a different word: “singular imperative of wehren”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Anlage zur Stauung von Wasser, die quer durch ein fließendes Gewässer verläuft”.
What does Wehr mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicfeminineresistance; defence; also in the sense of defenders; guard
- 2
feminineinformalellipsis of Feuerwehr
noun
- 1
neuterweir
- 2
neuterbarrage
verb
- 1
singular imperative of wehren
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of wehren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Anlage zur Stauung von Wasser, die quer durch ein fließendes Gewässer verläuft
noun: 1. Kampfeinheit, Armee 2. Waffe
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 Wehr
- Wehren plural
- Wehres genitive
- Wehrs genitive
- Wehre plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Wehr
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Wehr in German?
Wehr appears 5.9 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).