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

Declension of Mahr [masculine, strong]

	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 rare, see notes.

Noun

Mahr f (genitive Mahr, plural Mahre)

1. mare, succubus

Declension

Declension of Mahr [feminine]

	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 (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Mahrs or (with an article) Mahr, feminine genitive Mahr, plural Mahrs)

1. a surname

References

• “Mahr” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Mahr” in Duden online