Alarmsignal

[aˈlaʁmzɪˌɡnaːl]

/[aˈlaʁmzɪˌɡnaːl]/ noun

The verdict

“Alarmsignal” is uncommon German (frequency #81,247 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,247
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - hörbares oder auch optisches Zeichen, das vor etwas warnt

Corpus desk

Index DE-alarmsignal · Alarmsignal · German

Alarmsignal · rank #81,247 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,247
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Alamo

Nearest frequency peer: Alamo (-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 „Alarmsignal“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Alarmsignal
PropertyValue
HeadwordAlarmsignal
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aˈlaʁmzɪˌɡnaːl]
Letters11
Frequency rank#81,247
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Alarmsignal“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Alamo“ (#81,246), „Aleksander“ (#81,248), „Alkoholgenuss“ (#81,249). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Alarmsignal“ bei #81,247. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Alarmsignal is uncommon German at frequency #81,247 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈlaʁmzɪˌɡnaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "hörbares oder auch optisches Zeichen, das vor etwas warnt".

No misspelling variants are generated for Alarmsignal in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Alarmsignal, spelled A-L-A-R-M-S-I-G-N-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    hörbares oder auch optisches Zeichen, das vor etwas warnt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Auf einmal ertönte ein Alarmsignal.
  2. [übertragen:] „Der Vorsitzende der Deutschen Polizeigewerkschaft, Rainer Wendt, hat die Brüsseler Anschläge als Alarmsignal für ganz Europa bezeichnet.“

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 "Alarmsignal"?
"Alarmsignal" is spelled A-L-A-R-M-S-I-G-N-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈlaʁmzɪˌɡnaːl].
What does "Alarmsignal" mean?
As a noun, "Alarmsignal" means: hörbares oder auch optisches Zeichen, das vor etwas warnt
How do you pronounce "Alarmsignal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Alarmsignal" is [aˈlaʁmzɪˌɡnaːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Alarmsignal" come from?
"Alarmsignal" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list