Alben
German, noun[ˈalbn̩]
Alben is spelled A-L-B-E-N (5 letters) and appears 8.1 times per million words in written German, the 8,348th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alben is a German noun meaning “plural of Alb” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “weiße, sehr alte Rebsorte, die auch Elbling genannt wird”.
What does Alben mean in English?
noun
- 1
plural of Alb
- 2
plural of Albe
- 3
plural of Album
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. weiße, sehr alte Rebsorte, die auch Elbling genannt wird 2. Wein, der aus Reben dieser Sorte Alben oder Elbling hergestellt ist
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Alben?
- [ˈalbn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Alben in German?
Alben appears 8.1 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).