Alarme

[aˈlaʁmə]

/[aˈlaʁmə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Alarme” is uncommon German (frequency #99,442 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,442
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Alarm

Corpus desk

Index DE-alarme · Alarme · German

Alarme · rank #99,442 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,442
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH alam

Nearest frequency peer: alam (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Alarme“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Alarme“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Alarme
PropertyValue
HeadwordAlarme
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aˈlaʁmə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#99,442
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Alarme“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Alarmefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „alam“ (#99,441), „Aktivposten“ (#99,440), „Alkoholtest“ (#99,445). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Alarme“ bei #99,442. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Alarme is uncommon German at frequency #99,442 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈlaʁmə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Alarme doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Alarme, spelled A-L-A-R-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Alarm
  2. 2
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Alarm
  3. 3
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Alarm
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Alarm

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Alarme"?
"Alarme" is spelled A-L-A-R-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈlaʁmə].
What does "Alarme" mean?
As a noun, "Alarme" means: Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Alarm
How do you pronounce "Alarme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Alarme" is [aˈlaʁmə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Alarme" come from?
"Alarme" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Alarme", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

adrett#99,435ampera#99,454Anglia#99,461ankäme#99,464

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list