Alarmsignal
[aˈlaʁmzɪˌɡnaːl]
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
- Aerosole
Aerosole
18,757 corpus weight
- Alamo
Alamo
18,755 corpus weight
- Alarmsignal
Alarmsignal
18,754 corpus weight
- Aleksander
Aleksander
18,753 corpus weight
- Alkoholgenu…
Alkoholgenuss
18,752 corpus weight
- alkoholisch…
alkoholischer
18,751 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Alarmsignal“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Alarmsignal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈlaʁmzɪˌɡnaːl] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #81,247 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Alarmsignal“ im Deutschen
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
- 1hörbares oder auch optisches Zeichen, das vor etwas warnt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Alarmsignal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Auf einmal ertönte ein Alarmsignal.
[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.
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