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

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 (genitive Mahrs)

1. A surname​.