alarmierend

[alaʁˈmiːʁənt]

/[alaʁˈmiːʁənt]/ adj

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The verdict

“alarmierend” is uncommon German (frequency #52,635 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,635
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Alarm auslösend

Corpus desk

Index DE-alarmierend · alarmierend · German

alarmierend · rank #52,635 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,635
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH aktiviere

Nearest frequency peer: aktiviere (-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 „alarmierend“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for alarmierend
PropertyValue
Headwordalarmierend
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[alaʁˈmiːʁənt]
Letters11
Frequency rank#52,635
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „alarmierend“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).alarmierendfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „aktiviere“ (#52,634), „ahnten“ (#52,633), „Agora“ (#52,632). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „alarmierend“ bei #52,635. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

alarmierend is uncommon German at frequency #52,635 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [alaʁˈmiːʁənt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einen Alarm auslösend".

No generated misspelling entries exist for alarmierend in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is alarmierend, spelled A-L-A-R-M-I-E-R-E-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    einen Alarm auslösend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how alarmierend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die weltweite Tendenz für Kriege ist alarmierend.
  2. Hungersnöte und Dürren sind alarmierend.

This word in other languages

alarming(English)alarmante(Español)alarmant(Français)alarmante(Português)

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 "alarmierend"?
"alarmierend" is spelled A-L-A-R-M-I-E-R-E-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [alaʁˈmiːʁənt].
What does "alarmierend" mean?
As an adjective, "alarmierend" means: einen Alarm auslösend
How do you pronounce "alarmierend"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alarmierend" is [alaʁˈmiːʁənt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alarmierend" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Abschnittes#52,626Abendschule#52,622Überflieger#52,618Überdachung#52,617

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list