Mahr

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Pronunciation

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
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
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
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