# albern vs Albin

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### albern
*adjective · IPA [ˈalbɐn] · frequency rank #11,585*
in unpassender und dummer Art lustig

### Albin
*name · IPA [ˈalbʲin] · frequency rank #40,368*
männlicher Vorname; Albin, Albinus

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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