albern
German, adjective/ˈalbərn/
albern is a German adjective meaning “goofy, silly, childish (inappropriately funny)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in unpassender und dummer Art lustig”.
What does albern mean in English?
adjective
- 1
goofy, silly, childish (inappropriately funny)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in unpassender und dummer Art lustig 2. kindisch, in der Situation unangebracht
verb: 1. alberne Dinge tun, Faxen machen, scherzen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of albern
- alberner masculine nominative singular
- am albernsten superlative
- alberne feminine nominative singular
- albernes neuter nominative singular
- albernen genitive masculine singular
- albernem dative masculine singular
- der alberne definite includes-article masculine
- die alberne definite feminine includes-article
- das alberne definite includes-article neuter
- die albernen definite includes-article nominative
- des albernen definite genitive includes-article
- der albernen definite feminine genitive
- dem albernen dative definite includes-article
- albere present
- alberst present
- albert present
- alberte past
- albere! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce albern?
- /ˈalbərn/
- [ˈʔalbɐn]
- [ˈʔälb̥ɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to albern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is albern in German?
albern appears 5.4 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).