Mahr

See also: mahr

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maːɐ̯/
  • Rhymes: -aːɐ̯

Etymology 1

From Middle High German mar, mare, from Old High German mara, from Proto-West Germanic *marā (“nightmare, incubus”). Compare English (night)mare; also Old Irish Morrígan (“elf queen”), Albanian tmerr (“horror”), Polish zmora (“nightmare”), Polish mara (“dream, nightmare”).

Noun

Mahr m (strong, genitive Mahres or Mahrs, plural Mahre)

  1. mare, incubus
    Synonyms: Alb, Alp
Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. mare, succubus
Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Proper noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. a surname

References
  • “Mahr” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Mahr” in Duden online
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.