Ahr

See also: AHR and ahr

English

Etymology

From German Ahr.

Proper noun

Ahr

1. a river, roughly along the border of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany, flowing into the Rhine at Sinzig.

Proper noun

Ahr (plural Ahrs)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ahr is the 41501^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 524 individuals. Ahr is most common among White (92.56%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ahr”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 15.

Anagrams

• HAR, RHA, har, rah

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːr/, [ʔaː(ɐ̯)], [ʔaːʁ]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Homophones: Aar, Ar (general), A, Aa, ah (some speakers)

Etymology 1

From Old High German Are, *Ara, from Proto-Celtic *Orā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-.

Proper noun

die Ahr f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Ahr)

1. a river, roughly along the border of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany, flowing into the Rhine at Sinzig

Derived terms

• Ahrbrücke
• Ahrmündung
• Ahrquelle
• Ahrtal
• Ahrwein

Etymology 2

In some cases probably from the noun at hand in Aar (“eagle”), compare names like Arnold. Other possible origins include the river above.

Proper noun

Ahr m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Ahrs or (with an artice) Ahr, plural Ahrs or Ahr)

1. a surname of fairly rare usage.