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-Germanic *marǭ (“nightmare, incubus”) (compare English (night)mare), from Proto-Indo-European *mor- (“feminine evil spirit”). Akin to Old Irish Morrígan (“elf queen”), Albanian tmerr (“horror”), Polish zmora (“nightmare”).

Noun

Mahr m (genitive Mahrs or Mahres, plural Mahre)

  1. mare, incubus
Declension
Declension of Mahr
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Mahr die Mahre
genitive eines des Mahres,
Mahrs		 der Mahre
dative einem dem Mahr,
Mahre1		 den Mahren
accusative einen den Mahr die Mahre
1Now uncommon, see notes

Mahr f (genitive Mahr, plural Mahre)

  1. mare, succubus
Declension
Declension of Mahr
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Mahr die Mahre
genitive einer der Mahr der Mahre
dative einer der Mahr den Mahren
accusative eine die Mahr die Mahre

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Mahr m or f (genitive Mahrs)

  1. A surname​.
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